Lec 08 - Regional and Global Collapse - The Rise and Fall of Complex Societies (Jay Silverstein)

Open course “The Rise and Fall of Complex Societies“, Jay Silverstein. Lecture 8 | SAS UTMN | School of Advanced Studies, SAS Streamed live on May 14, 2020 SAS open course “The Rise and Fall of Complex Societies“, Jay Silverstein. Lecture 8, Regional and Global Collapse, Jay Silverstein (SAS) This open course is a lecture part of an elective for SAS students. Classes are conducted on Zoom and are broadcast for the general audience on YouTube. You can leave your questions and comments for prof. Silverstein in the comment section below. He might answer some of them. Civilization represents the apex of human socio-political achievement and its destruction the epitome of societal failure. We will evaluate definitions of civilization and collapse and conduct a survey of civilizations from history. Cultures examined will span the Bronze Age to Modernity and from geographical regions covering Eurasia to the Americas. ⠀ We shall evaluate theories and models of the behavioural and natural factors that nurtured success and precipitated failure to identify commonalities and idiosyncratic circumstances across space and time. This open course allows the audience to become conversant in theory associated with the dynamics of complex societies and be able to apply these in a critical manner to contemporary times. ⠀ Original from here: