BEGINNING
FOREWORD
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
INDEX
SIX – The Emergence of the Social Problem
6.1 Defining the Problem of Historical-Society
6.1.a The First Major Problematic Stage of the Monopoly of Civilization
6.1.b From Rome to Amsterdam
6.1.c Eurocentric Civilization’s Hegemonic Rule
6.2 Social Problems
6.2.a The Problem of Power and the State
6.2.b Society’s Moral and Political Problem
6.2.c Society’s Mentality Problem
6.2.d Society’s Economic Problem
6.2.e Society’s Industrialism Problem
6.2.f Society’s Ecological Problem
6.2.g Social Sexism, the Family, Women, and the Population Problem
6.2.h Society’s Urbanization Problem
6.2.i Society’s Class and Bureaucracy Problem
6.2.j Society’s Education and Health Problems
6.2.k Society’s Militarism Problem
6.2.l Society’s Peace and Democracy Problem
SEVEN – Envisaging the System of Democratic Civilization
7.1 Definition of Democratic Civilization
7.2 The Methodological Approach to Democratic Civilization
7.3 A Draft of the History of Democratic Civilization
7.4 Elements of Democratic Civilization
7.4.a Clans
7.4.b The Family
7.4.c Tribes and Aşirets
7.4.d Peoples and Nations
7.4.e Village and City
7.4.f Mentality and Economy
7.4.g Democratic Politics and Self-Defense
EIGHT – Democratic Modernity versus Capitalist Modernity
8.1 Deconstructing Capitalism and Modernity
8.2 The Industrialism Dimension of Modernity and Democratic Modernity
8.3 The Nation-State, Modernity, and Democratic Confederalism
8.4 Jewish Ideology, Capitalism, and Modernity
8.5 The Dimensions of Democratic Modernity
8.5.a The Dimension of Moral and Political Society (Democratic Society)
8.5.b The Dimension of Eco-Industrial Society
8.5.c The Dimension of Democratic Confederalist Society
NINE – The Reconstruction Problems of Democratic Modernity
9.1 Civilization, Modernity, and the Problem of Crisis
9.2 The State of Anti-System Forces
9.2.a The Legacy of Real Socialism
9.2.b Reevaluating Anarchism
9.2.c Feminism: Rebellion of the Oldest Colony
9.2.d Ecology: The Rebellion of the Environment
9.2.e Cultural Movements: Tradition’s Revenge on the Nation-State
9.2.f Ethnicity and Movements of the Democratic Nation
9.2.g Religious Cultural Movements: Revival of Religious Tradition
9.2.h Urban, Local, and Regional Movements for Autonomy
Index
“Passim” (literally “scattered”) indicates intermittent discussion of a topic over a cluster of pages.
Abraham (patriarch), 61, 133, 163–68 passim, 173, 222, 379
Abrahamic religions, 61, 67, 70–71, 72, 162–73 passim, 340, scripture, 222. See also Christianity; God (Abrahamic tradition); Islam; Judaism
Abyssinia, 55, 173
Adorno, Theodor, 199, 318
advertising, 108, 217
aesthetics. See beauty (esthetics)
Afghanistan, 175, 233, 382n17
agrarian-village society. See villages
agriculture, 97, 99–100, 151, 160, 204; cities and, 110, 113, 150
Ahl al-Bayt, 175
Akkadian Empire, 54, 170
Albania, 287
Alevis, 175, 201, 344, 350
Allah, 69, 165, 174, 192
Amin, Samir, 36
Amsterdam, 77–80 passim, 195, 225–30 passim, 349
An (Sumerian god). See En (Sumerian god)
analytical thought, 39–41 passim, 91
anarchists and anarchism, 286, 291–94, 353, 364, 365
Anatolia, 55–57 passim, 223–27 passim, 234–37 passim, 286; Alevis, 175; Christianity, 66–67, 235; Hittites, 378n5; Jews, 234–36 passim
“anti-system forces,” 283–85
Apiru people, 158, 173
Arabic language, 64
Arabs, 71, 173, 327; proto-Arabs, 158, 161
Aramaic language, 64
Arianists, 169
aristocracy, 118, 279, 280
Aristotle, 21, 111, 115, 192, 334, 336
Aryans, 158, 161, 165, 170, 171
asabiyyah, 177, 178, 183, 382n18
aşirets. See tribes and aşirets
Assyrians, 54, 63–71 passim, 76, 160–62 passim, 169, 173, 226; trade 55–56, 160, 197, 378n6
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 236
Athens, ancient, 59, 60, 171, 348
autonomous movements, 309–11
Babylonia and Babylonians, 54–57 passim, 61–64 passim, 111, 116, 161–65 passim, 170, 225, 348
Bacon, Francis, 18, 193, 324
“barbarism,” 14, 125–26, 184, 301
base and superstructure (theory), 186, 188, 336, 345
basic needs, xvi, 96–98 passim, 250–52 passim, 276, 299; morality and, 336; politics and, 88, 90
beauty (esthetics), 243
Bible, 62–64 passim
biological equilibrium, 277
Blinken, Anthony, 376n5
Bolshevik Revolution. See Russian Revolution
bourgeoisie, 89–90, 101, 118–23 passim, 144, 245, 251, 257, 284; cancerous growth of, 277; empowerment, 272–73; Wallerstein on, 199
Braudel, Fernand, 10–12 passim, 36, 78, 195, 209, 250, 268; on imperialism and colonialism, 379n15; Wallerstein on, 386n41
bureaucracy, 117–22 passim
Bush, George W., 216, 384n13
Byzantine Empire, 66, 68, 70, 169, 172, 173
“cancerous growth,” 38, 115–19 passim, 205, 206, 252, 275–78 passim
Capital (Marx), 79, 230, 364, 366, 378n4 (“Power of Social Reason”), 388n6
Carthage, 349, 379n8
castles and ramparts, 49, 59, 82, 112, 115, 126, 158–59, 162; construction by slaves, 52; human skulls in, 56, 76, 93
Catholic Church, 66, 114, 227, 234, 307, 308, 344
centralism and centralization, 257, 309, 310, 318
chaos. See crisis and chaos
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 77, 379n14
Childe, V. Gordon: What Happened in History?, 10, 58, 319
children’s education. See education
China, 209, 233, 234, 287, 288
China, ancient, 57
Christ. See Jesus Christ
Christianity, 63–67 passim, 71–78 passim, 101, 114, 172–77 passim; ancient Rome, 60, 162; formation of denominations, 169; influence on Mohammad, 173; Jews and, 223–35 passim; resistance denominations, 350
Cicero, 171
cities, 49, 77–80 passim, 110–17, 147–51 passim, 157–60 passim, 252–54 passim, 274–75; agriculture and, 110, 113, 150; ancient Middle East, 160; autonomy, 349; eco-communities, 254; extreme growth, 99, 115–16, 205, 252, 275, 302; Jews, 226, 231; Mecca, 172–73; villages and, 184–85, 252. See also Uruk (city)
city-states, 157–59, 349; Sumer, 74. See also Athens, ancient
clans, 154–56, 179, 188–89
class, 8–9, 110, 117–22, 145, 247–52 passim, 279, 291; Christian denominations and, 169; city-states and, 159; in Communist Manifesto, 386n38; Hebrews, 168; Islamic awakening and, 226; socialists and, 287; in state capitalism, 290; urbanization and, 113, 114. See also aristocracy; bourgeoisie; working class
class struggle, 84, 85, 169, 207, 247–49 passim, 290–91
Clinton, Bill, 376n5
Cold War, 233
Collingwood, R.G., 228, 229, 384–85n27
colonization and colonialism, 128–29, 147, 213, 289; cities, 115; education, 123–24; women, 217, 282, 290, 295
Comintern. See Third International
Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), 235, 236, 385n32
commodities and commodification, 200, 217; art, 239; trade, 271; women, 42, 108, 281
Communist International. See Third International
Communist League, 285–86, 317
Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels), 285, 317, 385–86n38
Comte, Auguste, 136, 216, 381n2
confederalism, democratic. See democratic confederalism
consciousness, 361–62
conspiracy theories about Jews, 232
consumer society and consumerism, 217
crises and chaos, 45, 53–57 passim, 239–40, 246, 269–85 passim, 289, 302, 331–34 passim, 358–59; fascism and, 85; human survival and, 37; intellectuals and, 319–22; monopolistic prices and, 100; scientific crisis, 328; state crisis, 259; theories, 44
cultural movements, 290–91, 303–11, 367
CUP. See Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
democracy, ancient, 58, 337
democracy, direct, 172, 174, 259–60, 337
democratic confederalism, 114, 219–21, 256–61, 310, 350, 357
democratic nationhood, 304–10 passim
depressions (economy), 270, 271, 276, 282, 283
Descartes, René, 18, 324
dialectics, 24–25, 366, 370, 371
direct democracy. See democracy, direct
diversity, 33, 154, 203, 244, 249
dogma and dogmatism, 132, 144–46, 177, 178, 289
D’Souza, Radha, xvi
dualism and duality, 16, 105, 328, 341
Durkheim, Émile, 136, 381n2
eco-communities, 254
ecology, 39, 95, 98–105 passim, 148, 205, 300–302; cities and, 112–13, 115, 275; crisis, 277, 278; eco-industrial society, 249–56; human population and, 298; intellectuals and, 321; law and, 246
economic reductionism. See reductionism: economic
economism, 9, 291
education, 122–25, 188, 333–34. See also universities
Egypt, ancient, 51–57 passim, 61, 93, 110, 158–65 passim, 170, 171, 378– 79n7; Abrahamic tradition and, 163; Babylonia and, 164; cities, 111; Moses, 168
El (god), 192
emotional intelligence, 39, 40
En (god), 192
end of the world, 103–4
Engels, Frederick, 7, 46, 68, 285–86, 364; Communist Manifesto, 285, 317, 385–86n38
England, 77–80 passim, 101, 175, 195, 210–11, 227–35 passim, 285. See also London
Enki (god), 58, 164
Enlightenment, 6, 24, 77, 81, 136, 318, 323
environment. See ecology
Epic of Gilgamesh. See Gilgamesh
equality: freedom and, 33, 244–45, 249, 346, 347, 357
equilibrium, biological. See biological equilibrium
esthetics. See beauty (esthetics)
ethics and morality. See morality and ethics
ethnic micro-nationalism, 304–7
Eurocentric civilization, 72–85 passim
Eurocentric social sciences, 7, 45–46, 50, 72, 192–98 passim, 267, 293, 364; point-by-point criticism of, 138–39; postmodernism rejection of, 331
European Court of Civil Rights (ECtHR), 1, 2, 375n1 (Pref.)
European Union (EU), 2, 3, 306–7, 309
family, 107, 179–81
farming. See agriculture
fascism, 85, 94, 118, 137, 218, 264, 281; of individual citizens, 274; nation-state as, 247, 276
fashion, 203
feminism, 41, 294–300
First International, 286, 317
first nature, 20–22, 44, 45, 79, 115, 128, 138, 288; capital and male monopoly and, 109; catastrophes, 148; holy text and, 166; sciences, 321, 330
flexible intelligence, 336
fortresses and ramparts. See castles and ramparts
Foucault, Michel, 10, 129, 194, 199, 248, 268
Fourier, Charles, 136, 381n2
Fourth Lateran Council, 384n16
France, 232, 233, 285; Paris Commune, 286. See also French Revolution
Frank, Andre Gunder, 196, 199, 268; World System, 10, 11, 47, 376n1
Frankfurt School, 137
freedom, xv, 27–34 passim, 244–45, 249, 278–79, 346–48 passim, 357; women, 295, 296, 297
freemasons and freemasonry, 225, 232, 233, 235, 307–8, 384n18
French Revolution, 279, 307, 358, 359, 363, 364
Galilei, Galileo, 18, 320
gender relations, 102–5, 180, 281–82
genocide, 213, 258, 271–72, 282; Jewish, 228, 233
Germany, 229, 233, 285, 384–85n27; Middle Ages, 114, 380n27; Social Democratic Party, 286, 287
Giddens, Anthony, 80, 193, 195, 202, 209
Gilgamesh, 52, 55, 58, 125, 160
Gills, Barry K.: World System, 10, 11, 47, 376n1
global confederations, proposed. See World Confederation of Culture and Academies (proposed); World Confederation of Sacredness and Moral Studies (proposed); World Confederation of Democratic Nations (proposed)
God (Abrahamic tradition), 27, 61, 62, 165, 170, 216, 212. See also Allah
god (concept), 340
goddesses, 53, 58, 125, 157, 164, 217
god-kings, 165, 166, 211, 323
gods, 166, 171, 192; Roman, 164, 171, 192; Sumerian, 58, 159, 163, 164, 192. See also God (Abrahamic tradition); goddesses
“good intentions” proverb. See “road to hell is paved with good intentions”
Gramsci, Antonio, 94
Greece, ancient, 45, 56–60 passim, 170, 171, 350; Ionian civilization, 58, 60, 319, 342. See also Athens, ancient
Gutians, 158, 170
Haeckel, Ernst, 377n1 (“Some Problems”)
Hanseatic League, 380n27
Harappa, 51, 54, 56, 110
health, 124–25
Hebrews, 64, 71, 168, 221, 222, 228, 350; origins, 158, 168
Hegel, G.W.F., 24, 32, 136–37, 216, 279, 378n3 (“Question of Freedom”)
Herodotus, 170, 295, 387n8
Hesiod, 159
historiography, 134–35, 147
Hitler, Adolf, 247, 318
Hittites, 55–57 passim, 159, 161, 170, 236, 378n5, 378–79n7
Homer, 58; Iliad, 159
hopelessness and pessimism. See pessimism and hopelessness
houses of worship, 343–44. See also temple (institution)
human intelligence. See intelligence
human needs. See basic needs
human population, 109, 298; cities, 111, 115
human reproduction, 296–97
hunting and gathering, 125, 155, 179
Hurrians, 54–55, 62, 159
Inanna (goddess), 58, 125, 164
India: nationhood, 305
Indigenous peoples, xiv, 72
individual freedom, 33–34
individualism, 2, 8, 34, 136, 245–53 passim, 274
industrialism, 98–102, 113, 204–8, 287, 301; eco-industrial society, 249–56
intellectual tasks, 317–34 passim
intelligence, 35–40 passim. See also flexible intelligence
International Workingmen’s Association. See First International
Iran, 218, 225, 226
Islam, 67–71 passim, 75, 101, 172–76, 218, 235, 236, 316; Judaism and, 226, 308; laicism and, 308; nationalism and, 280; resistance denominations, 350. See also mosques
Islamic civilization, 36, 201
Islamists, 69, 236
Israel, 233, 235–36, 237
Jesus Christ, 63, 65, 165, 168–69, 224, 229
Jews, 28–30 passim, 62, 133–34, 173, 174, 221–38, 385n27; nationalism, 280
jineolojî, 294–95
Judah. See Kingdom of Judah
Judaism, 67, 71, 173, 177, 222–37 passim; Islam and, 226, 308; resistance denominations, 350
Judas Iscariot, 168–69, 229
Kant, Immanuel, 31
Kassites, 158, 170
Kingdom of Judah, 168–69, 237
Kıvılcımlı, Hikmet, 94, 380n19
Kurds, ix, xii, xvi, 201, 235; Atatürk and, 236; nationalism, 67, 228; Öcalan as representative, 3
labor, unpaid. See unpaid labor
laicism, 225, 236, 307, 344
language and languages, 64, 155; symbolic, 38, 39, 40, 156, 157
Lateran Councils. See Fourth Lateran Council; Third Lateran Council
Latin language, 64
law, 245–46, 337–40, 344
Lenin, Vladimir, 187, 208–9, 286
London, 77–80 passim, 114, 195, 227–33 passim; Marx, 28, 233
looting. See plunder
Luxemburg, Rosa, 95, 148, 149, 215, 382n7
male dominance, 71, 105–9 passim, 386n1
Mallet du Pan, Jacques, 378n1 (“Emergence of a Social Problem”)
Manichaean movement, 66
manufacturing. See industrialism
Marx, Karl, xvi, 7, 29, 68, 94–95, 135, 148, 238, 285–86; Capital, 79, 230, 364, 366, 378n4 (“Power of Social Reason”), 388n6; Communist Manifesto, 285, 317, 385–86n38; dialectics, 24; hegemony of capital, 197; London, 233; on money, 42; scientific socialism, 46
Marxists and Marxism, 8–9, 14, 120, 155–56, 186, 187, 247; anarchists and, 292; Turkey, 380n19. See also base and superstructure (theory)
Masons. See freemasons and freemasonry
media, 86–87, 131; monopoly, 127, 271
medicine, 52, 322
mercenaries, 59
metaphysics, 25–26
methodology, 18–26 passim, 87, 140, 143–53, 366
micro-nationalism, ethnic. See ethnic micro-nationalism
Middle Ages, 112, 349, 350, 363; Hanseatic League, 114, 380n27; Islam, 176
middle class. See bourgeoisie
militarism, 125–28, 260–61, 276
Mitannis, 55, 56, 159, 161, 170
modernism, 132, 215, 262–69 passim, 281, 301, 306, 329, 338. See also postmodernism
Mohammad, Prophet, 67–69 passim, 165, 169, 173–76 passim; exodus, 168
money, 30, 239, 271, 282; ancient, 197; Jews and, 223, 224, 230; Marx on, 42
monotheism, 53
morality and ethics, 31–34 passim, 43, 87–92 passim, 135–43 passim, 152–56 passim, 166–70 passim, 208, 241–49 passim, 264–65, 273, 313–17 passim, 323–48 passim, 357–60 passim; absence, 116; in clan society, 155; class and, 291; democracy and, 337; in economics, 187; good morality and bad morality, 359; moral tasks, 335–45; in religious cultures, 174, 308; war and peace and, 128–30 passim
Moses (biblical figure), 61–63 passim, 165, 167, 168, 339
mosques, 343–44
Muawiyah Dynasty, 175
Napoleon I, 85
nationalism, xv–xvi, 67, 71, 178, 214–16 passim, 229, 239, 280; English and Dutch, 228; Turkish, 67, 228, 235. See also ethnic micro-nationalism
national liberation movements, 7, 46, 130–31, 153, 194, 207, 259–63 passim, 285–88 passim, 303, 350–54 passim
nations and peoples. See peoples and nations
“nation-state” (term), 80
nation-states, 85–87 passim, 153, 208–19, 246, 248, 288, 306, 325; bureaucracy and, 121; dogmatism of, 178; Europe, 232; Hegel view, 136; Middle East, 175; militarism and, 127; moral and political society and, 142; sexism and, 108, 217–18
NATO, ix, 2, 116, 286
nature, 20–21, 26, 324. See also ecology; first nature; second nature (social nature); third nature
needs, basic. See basic needs
neoliberalism, 198, 199, 215, 258, 264, 285
Neolithic Age, 50, 54, 58, 75, 77, 160–63 passim; Taurus-Sagros region, 156
Nero, 381n30
Netherlands, 77–80, 114, 195, 227–35 passim. See also Amsterdam
New Stone Age. See Neolithic Age
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 10, 137, 145, 150–51, 194, 199, 268, 325; on positivism, 216; Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 341; on will to truth, 387n2
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. See NATO
nuclear power and nuclear weapons, 20, 39–40, 323–24
objectification, 7, 18, 19, 188, 324, 368
Orientalism, 76
original democracy. See democracy, ancient
Ottoman Empire, 234
ownership. See property
Palmyra, 349
participatory democracy. See democracy, direct
patriarchy. See male dominance
peace, 128–31, 141–42, 152, 354, 356, 370–71
peoples and nations, 182–84. See also Indigenous peoples; Kurds; nationalism; national liberation movements
Persian-Sasanian Empire, 64–68 passim, 169, 173, 225, 341, 348, 349
pessimism and hopelessness, 351–52
“pharaoh socialism,” 51
Philippe II, King of Spain, 77, 379n14
Phoenicia and Phoenicians, 58, 160, 162
physics, 27, 288, 324–25
plants, 30, 37, 322. See also agriculture
plunder, 126, 158, 159, 184, 210, 249
political tasks, 345–60
pollution, 103
population, human. See human population
positivism, 143–44, 216–17, 313, 325–31 passim. See also scientism (positivist science)
positivist sociology, 363, 368
postmodernism, 198, 258, 267–68, 331
priestly caste, 118, 167, 168, 322
production, 149, 271; overproduction and underproduction, 251–54 passim
proletarian class. See working class
property, 255–56
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph, 136, 381n2
public works, slave-built, 52
punishment, 91–92; ancient Rome, 60; of Öcalan, ix; of Sisyphus, 361
quantum physics, 27
ramparts and castles. See castles and ramparts
rape, 42, 107, 217, 295
reason, 35–44 passim; cities and, 110
reductionism, 27, 83, 134, 192, 193, 203; economic, 9, 12
relativism. See universality and relativism
religion, 129, 211, 363; morality and, 339–42 passim; nationalism, 280–81; nation-state and, 218. See also Abrahamic religions; gods; monotheism; temple (institution); Zoroastrianism
religious cultural movements, 307–9
reproduction, human. See human reproduction
Republic of Turkey. See Turkey
revolution, xi, xiv, 146, 259, 279; class and, 121
revolutions, 46, 138, 140, 266, 284; intellectual and scientific, 332–33; laicism and, 307; Netherlands and England, 114, 233, 307. See also French Revolution; Russian Revolution
“road to hell is paved with good intentions,” 187, 382–83n20
robots and robotics, 100
Roman Catholic Church. See Catholic Church
Rome, ancient, 60–66 passim, 111–12, 162, 168–72 passim, 316–17; Christians, 224; gods, 164; Great Fire, 381n30; sack of Carthage, 379n8
Russia, 287, 306
Russian Revolution, 286, 288, 358, 359, 364
Sabbatians, 227, 235, 384n24
Sabians and Sabianism, 68, 173, 382n14, 384n17
Saint-Simon, Henri de, 136, 381n2 Sasanian Empire. See Persian-Sasanian Empire
science, 6–8 passim, 19–20, 81–82, 104–5, 204, 268, 322–31 passim
scientism (positivist science), 6–7, 13, 119, 136–37, 144, 216, 281, 312, 325–27 passim
Second International, 286, 317
second nature (social nature), 8, 13–25 passim, 44–45, 50, 86, 91, 117–28 passim, 134–56 passim, 176–79 passim, 184–88 passim, 201–6 passim, 240–42 passim, 269–78 passim, 313–15 passim, 326–30 passim, 342–47 passim, 355, 362–68 passim; ancient history, 167; anticapital nature of, 96; capital and male monopoly and, 109; classical civilization, 172; democratic confederalism, 256–61 passim; diversity of, 117; environment and, 100, 105, 300–305 passim; European intellectuals and, 321; flexible intelligence and, 336; history of moral and political society, 335; holy text and, 166; as majority, 149; nation-state and, 80; Neolithic Europe, 76; patriotism, 216; power and, 9; science and, 322; socialists and, 288, 289; Sumerian mythology and, 106; women and, 295, 297, 298
self-defense, 128, 129, 130, 189–91, 220, 260, 355
Seljuk Beg, 226
sexism, 105–9, 217–18, 273, 281, 282
sexuality, 42, 107, 109, 296
shopping malls, 115
slavery, 29, 71, 126, 159, 161; ancient Egypt, 52; family as model, 107; women, 42, 53, 59, 108, 217, 281. See also wage slavery
Smith, Adam, 137
social nature. See second nature (social nature)
social self-defense. See self-defense
society, virtual. See virtual society
“societycide,” 86–90 passim, 95, 116, 119, 205–6, 271–78 passim, 282
sociology (social science), 7, 136–39 passim, 330–31. See also Eurocentric social sciences; positivist sociology
Socrates, 171, 373
“soft power,” 1, 2, 40
Sombart, Werner, 228, 229, 230
Soviet Union, 210, 234, 286–87, 353; dissolution, 367; nationhood, 305
Spain: empire, 232; expulsion of Jews, 227, 235
Spinoza, Baruch, 28, 225
storytelling, 163
Sumer (ancient civilization), 11, 45, 51–58 passim, 67–68, 74, 161, 170, 171; Abrahamic tradition and, 163; analytical thought in, 40; gender relations, 106; gods and goddesses, 53, 58, 125, 157, 159, 163, 164, 192; Hebrews and, 62; moral revolution against, 341; naming of ethnicities, 158; Ur Dynasties, 125, 161; ziggurat, 29, 74, 91, 94. See also Uruk (city)
superstructure and base (theory). See base and superstructure (theory)
symbolic language. See language and languages: symbolic
Taurus-Zagros region, 156, 160, 170, 373
technological innovations, 204, 323–24. See also weapons
temple (institution), 29, 74, 91–94 passim, 118, 196; cities and, 110; university as, 317, 321
Ten Commandments, 62, 165, 167, 174, 339
Thessaloniki, 235, 236
thinking, analytical. See analytical thought
Third International, 286–87, 317
Third Lateran Council, 224, 234
third nature, 20, 22, 98
tribes and aşirets, 82, 83, 158–61 passim, 170, 181–82, 316; fall of Rome and, 224. See also Hebrews
Turkey, 2–3, 218, 235–37, 375n1 (Pref.), 376n5, 380n19
Ubaid culture, 160
“unitary state,” 184, 212, 216
United Nations, 86, 116, 153, 221, 233–34, 345, 351; proposed alternative, 357
United States, 2–3, 98–99, 216, 230, 376n5, 384n13; nationhood, 305
universal intelligence, 30, 105, 277
universality and relativism, 23–24, 138, 139, 192, 313
universities, 20, 75, 115, 123, 188, 189, 317–21 passim, 332
unpaid labor, 279; women, 42, 108, 186, 187, 217, 251, 281, 282, 290, 296
urbanization. See cities
Ur Dynasties, 125, 161
Urfa, 112; Abraham, 61, 164, 165, 222, 225; Göbekli Tepe megaliths and temple, 55, 74–75, 93, 160
Uruk, 55, 58, 60–61, 160, 164–65
USSR. See Soviet Union
utopia and utopias, 312
Venice, 77–80 passim, 349
villages, 160–61, 184–85, 252, 260
virtual society, 326
wage slavery, 279
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 10–14 passim, 36, 77, 137, 197, 199, 268, 376n1; on Braudel, 250, 386n41; Modern World-System, 232; “we have all drunk from the same cups,” 199, 383n9
war and wars, 41, 50, 57, 122, 129, 147, 252, 269, 271; ancient Mesopotamia, 64–65, 71, 159, 161; Christianity, 66; city-states, 158; consent and, 354; Europe, 80, 81; Herodotus on, 295; Mohammad, 68; science and, 104, 323; Third Punic War, 379n8. See also peace
weapons, 126, 127, 230, 324. See also nuclear power and nuclear weapons
Weber, Max, 36, 151
What Happened in History? (Childe), 10, 58, 319
women, 41–43, 217–18, 273, 281–82, 294–300; commodification, 42, 108, 281; science and, 322; slavery; 42, 53, 59, 108, 217, 28; unpaid labor, 42, 108, 186, 187, 217, 251, 281, 282, 290, 296. See also gender relations; sexism
working class, xiv, 78–79, 120, 186, 279, 291, 292, 340; Europe, 84, 85, 114; Marxism, 8–9; Saint-Simon, 381n2
World Confederation of Culture and Academies (proposed), 333
World Confederation of Democratic Nations (proposed), 357
World Confederation of Sacredness and Moral Studies (proposed), 345
The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? (Frank and Gills), 10, 11, 47, 376n1
World War II, 233
Yazidis, 201
Young Turks. See Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
Zagros Mountains. See Taurus-Zagros region
Zapatistas, xiv
Zarathustra, 341, 342, 373
ziggurat. See temple (institution)
Zionism, 228, 229
Zoroastrianism, 62, 134, 170, 341–42