For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife. The tribe exists at all times in a state of mobilization for war against its neighbors. The slightest incident, or often merely a desire to increase prestige, is enough to set off a skirmish, and in such circumstances hatred against external enemies must be unremitting.


Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)

Peter Farb Quotes

For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife. The tribe exists at all times in a...

For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife. The tribe exists at all times in a...

For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife. The tribe exists at all times in a...

For a tribe to endure, it must find some way to achieve internal unity—and that way usually is external strife. The tribe exists at all times in a...