By historical standards, the early years of the twenty-first century have been remarkably peaceful. Only rarely are people killed by their own kind, and only very, very rarely are they killed by other animals, microorganisms excepted. Nevertheless, even though the statistics should reassure, many p[...]
This work is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. It traces the huge increase in the scale of social life which occurred as new forms of human co-ordination emerged.[...]
Abram de Swaan har med sin bok Mänskliga samhällen på ett närmast mirakulöst sätt lyckats få ihop en logiskt sammanhängande presentation av olika former för människors samband. I tolv korta och tydliga kapitel beskriver han utan mystifikationer allt vidare cirklar av människors positioner[...]