Possible causes of a societal collapse include natural catastrophe, war, pestilence, famine, economic collapse, population decline or overshoot, mass migration, and sabotage by rival civilizations. A collapsed society may revert to a more primitive state, be absorbed into a stronger society, or completely disappear..
What is the downfall of society?
Possible causes of a societal collapse include natural catastrophe, war, pestilence, famine, economic collapse, population decline or overshoot, mass migration, and sabotage by rival civilizations. A collapsed society may revert to a more primitive state, be absorbed into a stronger society, or completely disappear..
Consolidate your immediate support networks: friends, close coworkers, family, and neighbors. No man is an island; it is crucial to remain connected to a community if one is to survive a breakdown of government. Make sure that your loved ones are safe by keeping them close by and in contact.
Societal collapse is the fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of social complexity as an adaptive system, The Course of Empire (paintings)Overshoot (population)CollapsologyIzapa
Concept
Joseph Tainter frames societal collapse in The Collapse of Complex Societies(1988)
Societal longevity
The social scientist Luke Kemp analyzed dozens of civilizations, which he defined as "a society with agriculture, multiple cities
Causes of collapse
Because human societies are complex systems, common factors may contribute to their decline that are economical, environmental, demographic
Theories
Historical theories have evolved from being purely social and ethical, to ideological and ethnocentric, and finally to multidisciplinary studies
Examples of civilizations and societies that have collapsed
By reversion or simplification• Akkadian Empire• Hittite
Society downfall
2004 film by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Downfall is a 2004 historical war drama film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a screenplay by its producer, Bernd Eichinger. It is set during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of defeat, and depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler. The cast includes Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Alexander Held, Matthias Habich, and Thomas Kretschmann. The film is a German-Austrian-Italian co-production.
The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism is a book by Ravi
The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism is a book by Ravi Batra in the field of historical evolution, first published in 1978. The book's full title is The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism: A New Study of History. Following the collapse of Soviet Communism, a second edition was published in 1990 with the title The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism: Can Capitalism Be Saved?
