Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I ROMANTIC PRIMITIVISM: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONNECTION; 1 The New Stone Age; 2 Designer Tribalism; 3 Enter the Noble Savage; 4 The Triumph of the Litterateur; PART II ACADEMIC PRIMITIVISM: THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; 5 What Karl Polanyi Found in Dahomey; 6 The Book of Isaiah; 7 Karl Popper in New Zealand; PART III CIVILIZATION AND ITS MALCONTENTS: THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS; 8 Why Cultures Succeed or Fail; 9 Civilization and Its Malcontents; Appendix: The Four Stages of Noble Savagery; Notes; Bibliography; Index
