The origins and dynamics of inequality : sex, politics, and ideology /

"Whereas President Barack Obama identified inequality as "the defining challenge of our time," this book claims more: it is the defining issue of all human history. The struggle over inequality has been the underlying force driving human history's unfolding. Drawing on the dynami...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wisman, Jon D., 1943- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Equality > History. Ideology. Secularism. Power (Social sciences) Evolutionary psychology. Sexual selection. Idéologie. Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Psychologie évolutionniste. Sélection sexuelle. ideology. Economic History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS. Physical. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Discrimination & Race Relations. Equality Evolutionary psychology Ideology Secularism Sexual selection Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Inequality, sex, politics, and ideology
Blame it on sex
From aboriginal equality to limited and unstable inequality
The dynamics of religious legitimation
The state, civilization, and extreme inequality
The critical break : the bourgeoisie unchained
Theological revolution and the idea of equality
The shift toward secular ideology
Workers gain formal political power
From American exceptionalism to the great compression
Simon Kuznets' happy prognosis crushed in an ideological coup
Inequality, conspicuous consumption, and the growth trap
The problem is inequality, not private property and markets
What future for inequality?