Affiliation and recognition
What a society isn't (and what it is)
What vertebrates get out of being in a society
Ants and humans, apples and oranges
The ultimate nationalists
Hunter-gatherers until recent times
The deep history of human anonymous societies
Functioning (or not) in societies
Putting kin in their place
The life and death of societies
The lifecycle of societies
Inventing foreigners and the death of societies
Turning a village into a conquering society
Building and breaking a nation
From captive to neighbor...to global citizen?
Conclusion: identities shift and societies shatter
