Chapter 2. Foragers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. Chapter 1. Each Age Gets the Thought it Needs 1
7. Chapter 2. Foragers 25
8. Chapter 3. Farmers 44
9. Chapter 4. Fossil Fuels 93
10. Chapter 5. The Evolution of Values: Biology, Culture, and the Shape of Things to Come 139
11. Comments
12. Chapter 6. On the Ideology of Imagining That “Each Age Gets the Thought It Needs” 172
13. Chapter 7. But What Was It Really Like? The Limitations of Measuring Historical Values 180
14. Chapter 8. Eternal Values, Evolving Values, and the Value of the Self 184
15. Chapter 9. When the Lights Go Out: Human Values after the Collapse of Civilization 202
16. Response
17. Chapter 10. My Correct Views on Everything 208
18. Notes 267
19. References 305
20. Contributors 341
21. Index 343