L'origine des inégalités. Religion et innovation à l'âge du cuivre

Pascal Barbe and Stephane Callens

Innovations, 2008, vol. n° 27, issue 1, 11-25

Abstract: What is the origin of inequality? The Neolithic revolution had limited social inequality to differences in the prestige of clans. Wheel, metal, weaving: people are socially recognised by a difference in their technological practice. This modification of the relation between knowledge and power took place during the time when Ötzi lived. The anthropomorphic steles of High Adige testify that for posterior generations, new religious conventions were formed, with a dissuasive aspect of copper tools. The metallurgical revolution made the assemblages of powers increasingly complex, creating perennial forms of social hierarchy for a very long period of time. JEL codes: D63

Keywords: inequality; chalcolithic; metallurgical revolution; knowledge and power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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