Everywhere
we look, past and present we see hierarchical societies where some people have
more wealth, more power, and more rights than others. Was this always the case? Is hierarchy in our nature? Are egalitarian societies possible for human
beings? If so, under what
conditions? And is freedom compatible with equality?
Suggested
readings:
Hierarchy
in the Forest, by Christopher Boehm, 1999
The Dobe Ju/’Hoansi, by Richard Lee 1984/2012
Eating
Christmas in the Kalahari, by Richard Lee, 1969
The
Foraging Spectrum, by Robert L. Kelly, 2013
The
Forest People, by Colin Turnbull, 1961
Wayward Servants, by Colin Turnbull, 1965
“Taming
Wild-Ass Colts” by Nancy Nienhuis, 2009
Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion, Vol. 25, No 1. pp. 43-64
Myths of Male Dominance, edited by Eleanor Leacock, 1981
The Hadza Hunter-Gatherers, by Frank Marlowe, 2010
Chimpanzee Politics, by Franz de Waal, 2007
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