9780268107147-0268107149-Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art (The Beginning and the Beyond of Politics)

Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art (The Beginning and the Beyond of Politics)

ISBN-13: 9780268107147
ISBN-10: 0268107149
Author: Barry Cooper
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Format: Paperback 468 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780268107147
ISBN-10: 0268107149
Author: Barry Cooper
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Format: Paperback 468 pages

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Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art (The Beginning and the Beyond of Politics) (ISBN-13: 9780268107147 and ISBN-10: 0268107149), written by authors Barry Cooper, was published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Arts History & Criticism) books. You can easily purchase or rent Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art (The Beginning and the Beyond of Politics) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Using his background in political theory and philosophical anthropology, Barry Cooper is the first political scientist to propose new interpretations of some of the most famous extant Paleolithic art and artifacts in Paleolithic Politics. This book is inspired by Eric Voegelin, one of the major political scientists of the last century, who developed an interest in the very early symbolism associated with the caves and rock shelters of the Upper Paleolithic, but never finished his analysis. Cooper, who has written extensively on Voegelin's theories, takes up the enterprise of applying Voegelin's approach to an analysis of portable and cave art. He specifically applies Voegelin's philosophy of consciousness, his concept of the compactness and differentiation of consciousness, his argument regarding the experience and symbolizations of reality, and his notion of the primary experience of the cosmos to images previously regarded as pedestrian. Cooper demonstrates the political significance of the earliest expressions of human existence and is among the first to argue that political life began not with the Greeks, but 25,000 years before them. Archaeologists, prehistorians, and political scientists will all benefit from this original and provocative work.

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