{"id":409,"date":"2011-03-13T23:43:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T23:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extraenvironmentalist.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2017-05-11T09:10:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:10:42","slug":"episode-12-questioning-collapse","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-12-questioning-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"[ Episode #12 \/\/ Questioning Collapse ]"},"content":{"rendered":"

As anthropologists, historians and popular writers fit the complex events of the past into stories that relay morals to the modern world, sometimes details can be overlooked to make a point.\u00a0Does a civilization collapse or does it merely transform? What role does human resilience play in the shifting structures of a society? Has a society failed if it still has millions of descendants and a rich cultural history?<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Extraenvironmentalist #12<\/strong> we speak with Patricia McAnany<\/a>, co-editor of Questioning Collapse<\/a> <\/em>which addresses many oversights in the complex narratives conveniently distilled to form the pages of Jared Diamond's <\/a>Collapse<\/a>.<\/em> We discuss some of the issues with the often cited reasons for the collapse of Mayan civilization, including simplifications made in Diamond's writings. How can we identify and classify a civilizational collapse? While many historical examples of rapid societal change may appear to be a collapse, they might just represent a collection of people living in the aftermath of empire.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> All celebrity voices are purely very poor impersonations and are not\u00a0meant\u00a0to be real in any way, shape or form.<\/p>\n

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\/\/ Music (in order of appearance)<\/strong>
\nChris Bathgate - No Silver<\/a> via<\/em> Chris Bathgate's Website<\/a>
\nOh Land - Wolf and I<\/a> via<\/em> Et Musique Pour Tous
\n<\/a>R\u00dcF\u00dcS\u00a0- We Left<\/a> via<\/em> FRENCH EXPRESS<\/a>
\n<\/a>Generationals - Greenleaf<\/a> via <\/em>Klubb Ace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As anthropologists, historians and popular writers fit the complex events of the past into stories that relay morals to the modern world, sometimes details can be overlooked to make a point.\u00a0Does a civilization collapse or does it merely transform? What role does human resilience play in the shifting structures of a society? 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