IdeaLogging, HumanNature, HistoryOf.  ''Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies''. A book by JaredDiamond. Big, sweeping historical synthesis. Geography, evolution, etc.  SeeAlso: TheBlankSlate, Consilience.

* http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/08/bourdieu-among-the-anthropologists/