Keeley wrote a book called "War Before Civilization," which I read some years back, which covers this subject (doubtless why Steyn quoted him). It's an eye-opening dissection of the "noble savage" myth. Can't wait to read Wade's "Before the Dawn."
The idea of "the noble savage" came from the French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. Yet ANOTHER half-baked idea we can blame on the French!
It is a sign of societal regression and devolution that this subject requires elucidation. Indeed the very phrase "noble savage," advanced by the pervert Rousseau, has been used ironically for over two hundred years by normal adults who have in fact always known better.
It is a sign of societal regression and devolution that this subject requires elucidation. Indeed the very phrase "noble savage," advanced by the pervert Rousseau, has been used ironically for over two hundred years by normal adults who have in fact always known better.