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Transition to Modernity - Essays on Power, Wealth and Belief

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Klappentext This set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change. Zusammenfassung This set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change. The distinguished contributors! from archaeology! anthropology! sociology! economic history and philosophy! have all been stimulated by the work of Ernest Gellner! and the essays are in dialogue with his view of our social condition. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I. The Pre-Modern World: 1. World languages and human dispersals: a minimalist view Colin Renfrew; 2. Nomads and oases in Central Asia A. M. Khazanov; 3. Why poverty was inevitable in traditional societies E. A. Wrigley; Part II. Transitions to the Modern World: 4. On a little known chapter of Mediterranean history Karl R. Popper; 5. Ernest Gellner and the escape to modernity Alan MacFarlane; 6. The emergence of modern European nationalism Michael Mann; 7. Sovereign individuals Ronald Dore; Part III. Modernity and its Discontents: 8. Science, politics, enchantment Perry Anderson; 9. Deconstructing post-modernism: Gellner and Crocodile Dundee Joseph Agassi; 10. A methodology without presuppositions? John Watkins; 11. Gellner's positivism I. C. Jarvie; 12. Left versus Right in French political ideology Louis Dumont; 13. Property, justice and common good after socialism John Dunn; 14. Social contract, democracy and freedom Gerard Radnitzky; 15. Thoughts on liberalisation Jose Merquior; 16. Peace, peace at last? John A. Hall; Indexes.

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Authors John A. (Mcgill University Hall, John A. Jarvie Hall
Assisted by John A. Hall (Editor), I. C. Jarvie (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 16.01.1992
 
EAN 9780521382021
ISBN 978-0-521-38202-1
No. of pages 400
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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