So this problem already arose at the earliest tribal societies, of the triangular chieftain—shaman—warrior dynamic.
Do you have good anthropological evidence that this “dynamic” actually exists / existed, and corresponds to what you’re referring to?
“How our proud ancestors lived” in popular culture is full of bad/old science, romantic notions, nationalist/political propaganda (in either direction), and I trust it as much as I trust talk of “positive energy”.
There are a bunch of stories (books, movies, games...) set in a fictional past, and they are often made understandable by projecting modern stereotypes there (because nobody has a good idea what life was millennia ago, and more importantly people don’t care, they prefer modern issues with an exotic backdrop). It seems that you’re seeing the resemblance of modern social stereotypes with “shamans” or “warriors” in popular culture, and acting as if it revealed some kind of profound truth about mankind.
(note that I don’t know that much history or anthropology myself)
Do you have good anthropological evidence that this “dynamic” actually exists / existed, and corresponds to what you’re referring to?
“How our proud ancestors lived” in popular culture is full of bad/old science, romantic notions, nationalist/political propaganda (in either direction), and I trust it as much as I trust talk of “positive energy”.
There are a bunch of stories (books, movies, games...) set in a fictional past, and they are often made understandable by projecting modern stereotypes there (because nobody has a good idea what life was millennia ago, and more importantly people don’t care, they prefer modern issues with an exotic backdrop). It seems that you’re seeing the resemblance of modern social stereotypes with “shamans” or “warriors” in popular culture, and acting as if it revealed some kind of profound truth about mankind.
(note that I don’t know that much history or anthropology myself)