Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1. Culture and Nature......Page 14
2. Murders in Eden......Page 18
3. The Origin of Agriculture......Page 30
4. The Origin of War......Page 42
5. Proteins and the Fierce People......Page 57
6. The Origin of Male Supremacy and of the Oedipus Complex......Page 66
7. The Origin of Pristine States......Page 79
8. The Pre-Columbian States of Mesoamerica......Page 97
9. The Cannibal Kingdom......Page 111
10. The Lamb of Mercy......Page 127
11. Forbidden Flesh......Page 144
12. The Origin of the Sacred Cow......Page 156
13. The Hydraulic Trap......Page 172
14. The Origin of Capitalism......Page 184
15. The Industrial Bubble......Page 197
Epilogue and Moral Soliloquy......Page 208
MURDERS IN EDEN......Page 212
THE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE......Page 213
PROTEINS AND THE FIERCE PEOPLE......Page 214
THE ORIGIN OF MALE SUPREMACY AND OF THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX......Page 215
THE PRE-COLUMBIAN STATES OF MESOAMERICA......Page 216
THE LAMB OF MERCY......Page 217
THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED COW......Page 218
THE ORIGIN OF CAPITALISM......Page 219
THE INDUSTRIAL BUBBLE......Page 220
Bibliography......Page 221
Index......Page 246