{"product_id":"all-societies-die-how-to-keep-hope-alive-9781501755903","title":"All Societies Die: How to Keep Hope Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAll Societies Die\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Cohn asks us to prepare for the inevitable. Our society is going to die. What are you going to do about it? But he also wants us to know that there's still reason for hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an immersive and mesmerizing discussion Cohn considers what makes societies (throughout history) collapse. \u003ci\u003eAll Societies Die\u003c\/i\u003e points us to the historical examples of the Byzantine empire, the collapse of Somalia, the rise of Middle Eastern terrorism, the rise of drug cartels in Latin America and the French Revolution to explain how societal decline has common features and themes. Cohn takes us on an easily digestible journey through history. While he unveils the past, his message to us about the present is searing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his assessment of past--and current--societies, Cohn offers us a new way of looking at societal growth and decline. With a broad panorama of bloody stories, unexpected historical riches, crime waves, corruption, and disasters, he shows us that although our society will, inevitably, die at some point, there's still a lot we can do to make it better and live a little longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis quirky and inventive approach to an end-of-the-world scenario should be a warning. We're not there yet. Cohn concludes with a strategy of preserving and rebuilding so that we don't have to give a eulogy anytime soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501755903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Samuel Cohn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39462876151989,"sku":"9781501755903","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_62df14f1-3561-46ae-9208-1f4253a80907.jpg?v=1615921860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/all-societies-die-how-to-keep-hope-alive-9781501755903","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}