Central and East European
Society for Phenomenology

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The secret of the human being

Niels Engelsted

pp. 89-93

Abstract

This chapter proposes that human surplus labor originated from reproductive labor in an Adam and Eve-like event, in the process creating the human society as a generalized reproductive platform, and making economy the special human ecology. It is further suggested that it was the investment of a surplus from female gathering that made the development of male hunting possible in the first place, thus making hunters and gatherers the first societal formation in human prehistory.

Publication details

Published in:

Engelsted Niels (2017) Catching up with Aristotle: a journey in quest of general psychology. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 89-93

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51088-0_10

Full citation:

Engelsted Niels (2017) The secret of the human being, In: Catching up with Aristotle, Dordrecht, Springer, 89–93.