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Glossary of specialised terms and concepts used on this website.
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The worldview common to all chthonic societies, whereby the
world is perceived as quintessentially alive, intelligent,
possessing initiative and capable of ordering itself
purposefully. Animism developed, through totemism and
polytheism, into monotheism—which, in turn, was replaced (in
industrial society) by mechanomorphism. (c) vital force ANOMIE.
A broken, atomised form of society composed of individuals
alienated from one another due to a lack of shared values or
common codes of conduct. A concept developed by Durkheim. (c)
egotely, individualism, socialisation ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMAX. An
ecosystem that is altered in some way due to human interference.
An artificially engineered ecosystem. A term co