Luke Kemp
- Goliath's Curse
- What the Rise and Fall of Civilizations Reveals About Our Future
- Geist Heidelberg, Lecture
Why do societies collapse? Can history help us better understand the greatest challenges of our time? Cambridge researcher Luke Kemp has studied the rise and fall of hundreds of societies over the past 300,000 years in search of answers. Drawing on new insights from history, archaeology, and anthropology, he offers a far-reaching and often surprising reinterpretation of world history.
Kemp identifies social inequality as one of the most significant drivers of societal collapse and considers what this historical insight might mean for our shared future.
Luke Kemp is the author of Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse (2025) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge. His research is regularly featured in international media, including the BBC, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.
Language: English
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