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Science, the Deep Past, and the Political

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Abstract

Evidence from the natural sciences substantiate a narrative of the cosmos, earth, life, and humanity. Great amounts of matter do not become more complex and there is a highly uneven process of increasing complexity only where there are increasing energy flows. The pace of emergent complexity in pockets increases with the development of self-consciousness and social organization. This account influences the framing of key political issues such as identity, race and ethnicity, gender, globalization, and environmentalism.

DOI 10.11648/j.ss.20170606.18
Published in Social Sciences (Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2017)
Page(s) 196-208
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Keywords

Big History, Deep Past, Cosmos, Political Anthropology, Anthropocene

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