Historicaql Synergies 1. The Sumerians created a palace/temple -economy with a centralized over-ruling organization which controlled crop production and distribution of some goods. A centralized government was necessary because the Sumerians subsisted on crops which required centralized irrigation systems. So, the Sumerian religious temple economy was a reflection of the economic-social-political structure.
2. Prehistoric Artic Hunter-Gatherer Synergy of Beliefs in Animal Spirits w/ Economic-Political Realities Erica Hill states, “First, prey animals, including bear, walrus and whale, were perceived as agential beings who interacted with humans as persons; they were sentient social equals capable of deciding whether to favour humans by allowing themselves to be taken. Human hunters engaged with prey animals on a regular, perhaps daily, basis.
3. Totemic Societies: Native Americans and Australian Aborigines – Hunter-Gatherer Worldviews in Terms of a Harmonious-Cooperative Embracing Nature
4. Ancient Greek Religion and the Hierarchy of gods as a patriarchal bickering family – a reflection of the political reality from ancient Greek Mycenaean times
5. Modern Academic Materialism: As David Hays emphasizes, the economic-political reality of the enlightenment – social contract plus rational individualism – created a “cultural construction of an extreme individualism which is particularly evident in the Western world” Ratiuoonal individualism is a politicla concept – not a psychological concept desi8gned for the social sciences