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| Sedentism: Sedentism refers to the practice of living in permanent settlements rather than being nomadic. It involves establishing a fixed residence, typically linked to agriculture, allowing for stability and the development of more complex societies. See also History, Economic development, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jared Diamond on Sedentism - Dictionary of Arguments
Acemoglu I 141 Sendentism/Diamond, Jared/Acemolgu: The traditional, geography-based explanation for the Neolithic Revolution - the centerpiece of Jared Diamond’s argument, (...) - is that it was driven by the fortuitous availability of many plant and animal species that could easily be domesticated. This made farming and herding attractive and induced sedentary life. After societies became sedentary and started farming, they began to develop political hierarchy, religion, and significantly more complex institutions. AcemogluVsDiamond/RobinsonVsDiamond, Jared: Though widely accepted, the evidence from the Natufians (>Sedentism/Acemoglu) suggests that this traditional explanation puts the cart before the horse. Solution/Acemoglu/Robinson: Institutional changes occurred in societies quite a while before they made the transition to farming and were probably the cause both of the move to sedentarism, which reinforced the institutional changes, and subsequently of the Neolithic Revolution._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconDiam I Peter A. Diamond National debt in a neoclassical growth mode 1965 Acemoglu II James A. Acemoglu James A. Robinson Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy Cambridge 2006 Acemoglu I James A. Acemoglu James A. Robinson Why nations fail. The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty New York 2012 |
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