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Modern political views and the emergence of early complex societies in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Borja Legarra Herrero
Borja Legarra Herrero*
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*School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (Email: [email protected])
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The Tea Party, the Arab Spring and the _Occupy movements may seem to have little in common. They respond to very different circumstances, and they are fuelled by very different ideologies. Furthermore, they do not represent homogeneous movements and each of them amalgamates very different groups with very different interests. Stripped of their most obvious traits, however, they share a common dissatisfaction with the nature of power in the present world, and each has opened a debate on the nature and legitimacy of current power structures.

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Antiquity , Volume 87 , Issue 335 , March 2013 , pp. 245 - 249
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2013

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