{"product_id":"bernd-reiter-the-african-origins-of-democracy-9783032106254","title":"The African Origins of Democracy","description":"GLOSSARY.-ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.-DEDICATION.-CHAPTER 1.-INTRODUCTION.-TRUE DEMOCRACY.-A COUNTER HISTORY.-LEARNING FROM BOTSWANA.-THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY.-HUNTER-GATHERER EGALITARIANISM.-THE NEED TO LOOK FOR POSSIBILITIES BEYOND REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.-POLITICAL SCIENCE EXPANDED.-METHOD.-INSTITUTIONS.-PLAN OF THIS BOOK.-CHAPTER 2.-LIMITING GREECE AND EXPANDING THE CLASSICS.-DEMOCRACY’S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN ATHENS AND ROME?.-DEMOCRATIC THEORY.-GREEK DEMOCRACY.-SOLON.-CLEISTHENES.-EPHIALTES.-THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.-BEYOND ATHENS AND ROME.-CRETE.-CONCLUSION.-CHAPTER 3.-DEMOCRATIC HISTORY AND PRE-HISTORY AGAINST THE GRAIN.-DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE.-\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCIVILIZATION.-WHERE EQUALITY ENDS.-ADVANCING CIVILIZATION.- KILLING NATIVES AND THEIR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.-ONLY TRIBES WILL SURVIVE (VINE DELORIA).-THE TIMELINE.-EGALITARIANISM.-CONCLUSION.-CHAPTER 4.-KGOTLA’S ANCIENT ROOTS.-HUNTER GATHERER EGALITARIANISM AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY.-TSWANA HISTORY AND PREHISTORY.-THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION.-COLONIAL BECHUANALAND.-HUNTER-GATHERERS IN BOTSWANA.-AFRICAN COMMUNOCRACIES.-PRECOLONIAL KGOTLA .-CONCLUSION.-CHAPTER 5.-KGOTLA DEMOCRACY TODAY.-DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.-WHAT MAKES A CUSTOM CUSTOMARY?.-CONCLUSION.-Chapter 6.-Women as Democratic Champions.-THE AMAZONS.-WOMEN IN PRE-COLONIAL BOTSWANA.-IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN AND RULE.-CONCLUSION.-CHAPTER 7.-OUT OF AFRICA: SOME POSSIBILITIES ABOUT KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AFRICA.-OUT OF AFRICA .-NUBIA AND EGYPT BEFORE THE PHARAOHS.-THE MEDITERRANEAN.-GÖBEKLI TEPE.-ÇATALHÖYÜK.-‘MINOAN’ CRETE.-THE PHOENICIANS.-CONCLUSION.-GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.-DEMOCRATIC HEROES.-A NEW HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY.-DEMOCRATIC GREECE AND ROME SEEN UNDER A NEW LIGHT DIKGOTLA.-DEMOCRACY’S JOURNEY NORTH .-MODERNITY AND TRIBES.-THE CLASSICS RECONSIDERED.-THE NEW BIG PICTURE.-THE NEED TO LOOK BEYOND REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY .-LIMITATIONS.-BIBLIOGRAPHY.","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53822130422102,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9783032106254_1.jpg?v=1781824167","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/bernd-reiter-the-african-origins-of-democracy-9783032106254","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}