The Invention of Society: Psychological Explanations for Social Phenomena

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.