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This theory explains the factors that impact human societies' emergence, rise and decline. Through his research and analysis, Miroslav Bárta has identified seven key laws that govern the rise and fall of civilizations, providing a unique perspective on the patterns and processes that shape human history.
The concept of the seven laws of civilizations theory was summarised by Miroslav Bárta in his Czech edition book "Seven Laws of Civilization: how civilizations rise and fall" (Brno, Jota 2021).
The 7Laws theory provides a platform for discussion and promotion of this theory. The goal is to better understand human civilizations and their evolution and to make our own civilization more sustainable.
The Seven Laws define seven general regularities that shape civilisations or societies' development, rise, fall and regeneration. They are as follows:
I. The law of collapse and regeneration
All societies and civilizations are limited in time and space. There is usually conflict at the beginning and the end. Their collapse does not mean extinction but a significant transformation, where the existing society or civilization usually transforms into another.
II. The law of a leap-change
Principal changes in the development of societies and civilizations usually happen suddenly, in leaps, not linearly (leapfrogging). Their nature and character completely change during these leaps.
III. The Heraclitus law
What has led society and civilization to the top usually causes its crisis.
IV. The law of shared values and visions
Each society and civilization is based on collectively shared values, visions and implicit law.
V. The social contract law
Each civilization and society necessitates a functional social contract based on cooperation between individual parts of society for its stable existence. Representatives of the so-called elites significantly influence their quality and character.
VI. The law of energy and technological determination
Technologies and energy resources determine the development of each society and civilisation. Society or civilization cannot grow or maintain complexity without objectively cheap energy.
VII. The law of adaptation
The ability of society or civilization to adapt to changes in the natural environment decides its success rate.
References
[edit]Bárta, M. "Heraclitus Law, Punctuated Equilibria and the Dynamics of Contemporary World." Terrorism: An Electronic Journal and Knowledge Base Volume VII, no. No. 2 (June 2018) (2018). https://doi.org/https://www.terrorismelectronicjournal.org/terrorism-journal-1/volume-vii-number-2/.
Bárta, M. "The Heraclitus Law." In Civilisations: Collapse and Regeneration. Addressing the Nature of Change and Transformation in History, edited by M. Bárta and M. Kovář, 245-68. Prague: Academia, 2019.
Bárta, M. "Introduction. Why to Deal with a Collapse? Considerations of Seven Laws Underlying Dynamics of Civilisations." In Civilisations: Collapse and Regeneration. Addressin the Nature of Change and Transformation in History, edited by M. Bárta and M. Kovář, 19-29. Prague: Academia, 2019.
Bárta, Miroslav. Sedm Zákonů. Jak Se Civilizace Rodí, Rostou a Upadají. Brno: Jota, 2021.