Feinman interview EPSILOON N°60 Contrepied Democratie (by Alexandra Pihen, English translation 2026) Gary Feinman 2026, Epsiloon

https://www.academia.edu/170404123/Feinman_interview_EPSILOON_N_60_Contrepied_Democratie_by_Alexandra_Pihen_English_translation_2026_?email_work_card=title An archaeologist and curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, he has long been interested in the comparative study of human cooperation and institutions. Western social sciences when they first emerged, a period that also coincided with changes in governmental practices in Europe and European colonialism. Everything converged to suggest that apart from Athens and Republican Rome, all premodern societies were despotic or autocratic. The lesson we can draw from this is that history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. People of yesterday and today alike have the capacity for action. The patterns and relationships between factors that we observe by studying the past can offer a range of options for the present. History shows that peoples around the world have created inclusive political systems, even under difficult conditions.