The Invention of Society: Psychological Explanations for Social PhenomenaISBN: 978-0-7456-1839-5
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416 pages
January 1991, Polity
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Acknowledgements.
Introduction: The Problem.
Part I: Religion and Nature as the Origins of Society.
1. The Machine for the Creation of Gods.
2. Crimes and Punishments.
3. A Science Difficult to Name.
Part II: The Power of the Idea.
4. Social 'Big Bangs'.
5. The Genius of Capitalism.
6. The Mana and the Numina. .
Part III: One of the Greatest Mysteries in the World. .
7. The Science of Forms.
8. Money as Passion and as Representation.
9. The World that has Vanished.
Concluding Remarks.
Notes.
Index.