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Complejidad y Barroco

by | Jul 25, 2016 | Book Chapter

This Uncategorized deals with the conceptual problems of analyzing the Baroque as a system of culture, so that we study both the individual cultural works and the interactions they have with one another and that create the emergence of different cultural patterns. It...
The Potosí Principle: Religious Prosociality Fosters Self-Organization of Larger Communities under Extreme Natural and Economic Conditions

The Potosí Principle: Religious Prosociality Fosters Self-Organization of Larger Communities under Extreme Natural and Economic Conditions

by , , | Jul 25, 2016 | Research Paper

We show how in colonial Potosí (present-day Bolivia) social and political stability was achieved through the self-organization of society through the repetition of religious rituals. Our analysis shows that the population of Potosí develops over time a series of...