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...somewhere in the history of Mankind we all took a very wrong turn...
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Intriguing...
Cromagnon versus Neanderthal?
IndoEuropean versus all other racial groups?
Technologically advanced societies versus non-tech?
High population level versus low?
Agrarian versus Hunter/Gatherer?
The Woman versus the Serpent?
Matriarchal versus Patriarchal societies?
Or is there something else that some or all of the above oppositions touch on, but do not address directly?
I don't know. What I'm certain of is that it's a can of worms and not nearly as tidy as - so far - summaries of Daniel Quinn's thought seem to indicate.
I'm not sure this has been answered: Does Quinn have a hypothesis as to precisely what the "great wrong turn" was?
Next question: What do you think Tolkien believed the "great wrong turn" to be? I think it's clear from LotR and the rest of his legendarium that he did think something had gone terribly wrong...
[ August 26, 2002: Message edited by: littlemanpoet ]