Making Global Society - A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras

"Barry Buzan combines the abstract approach of social science with the narrative approach of historians to convey a living sense of the human story across three eras. His detailed assessment of the material conditions and social structures of humankind transcend Eurocentrism and open the way to understanding global society"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Laying the Foundations for a Global Society: 2. Pre-prelude - the hunter-gatherer era; 3. Prelude - the era of conglomerate agrarian/pastoralist empires 2310BC to 1800AD; Part II. The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society: 4. Material conditions; 5a. Social structure I - CAPE instructions carried forward into the transition; 5b. Social structure II - institutions new with the transition; 6. Where are we within the transition from CAPE to modernity; Part III. Deep Pluralism: More Transition or Modernity Proper?: 7. Material conditions; 8. Social structure; Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Conclusions.

About the author

Barry Buzan is Emeritus Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has authored, co-authored and edited over thirty books and 170 chapters and articles including Re-imagining International Relations (with Amitav Acharya, 2021) and The Making of Global International Relations (with Amitav Acharya, 2019).

Summary

Barry Buzan combines the abstract approach of social science with the narrative approach of historians to convey a living sense of the human story across three eras. His detailed assessment of the material conditions and social structures of humankind transcend Eurocentrism and open the way to understanding global society.

Foreword

Tracks the material and social conditions of humankind across history, explaining how global society evolved and what its prospects are.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Buzan, Barry (London School of Economics and Polit Buzan, Buzan Barry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009372183
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0937218-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; World, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Academic style, Academism, Academicism