The Eurasian miracle
Goody, Jack (1919-2015)
The Eurasian miracle [Texte imprimé] / Jack Goody - Cambridge ; Malden : Polity, 2010 - 1 vol. (V-159 p.) : couv. ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliogr. p. 139-150
Alternation or supremacy? -- Why European and not Eurasian? -- Domestic aspects of the 'miracle' -- Eurasia and the Bronze Age -- Merchants and their role in alternation -- Merchant wealth and puritanical asceticism -- Towards a knowledge society -- The temporary advantage in alternation of the post-Renaissance west -- Alternation in Eurasia -- Appendix 1. Arguments of the Europeanists -- Appendix 2. Water in east and west
The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the 19th century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from antiquity through feudalism to capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. In this book, Jack Goody examines this topic
978-0-7456-4793-7
Europe--Relations--Asia--History Asia--Relations--Europe--History Europe--History Asia--History Europe--Civilization--Asian influences Asia--Civilization--European influences Sozioökonomischer Wandel--swd Kulturanthropologe--swd Sozialanthropologie--swd Kulturaustausch--swd Eurozentrismus--swd Europa--swd Asien--swd Eurasien--swd Geschichte--swd
327.405
The Eurasian miracle [Texte imprimé] / Jack Goody - Cambridge ; Malden : Polity, 2010 - 1 vol. (V-159 p.) : couv. ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliogr. p. 139-150
Alternation or supremacy? -- Why European and not Eurasian? -- Domestic aspects of the 'miracle' -- Eurasia and the Bronze Age -- Merchants and their role in alternation -- Merchant wealth and puritanical asceticism -- Towards a knowledge society -- The temporary advantage in alternation of the post-Renaissance west -- Alternation in Eurasia -- Appendix 1. Arguments of the Europeanists -- Appendix 2. Water in east and west
The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the 19th century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from antiquity through feudalism to capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. In this book, Jack Goody examines this topic
978-0-7456-4793-7
Europe--Relations--Asia--History Asia--Relations--Europe--History Europe--History Asia--History Europe--Civilization--Asian influences Asia--Civilization--European influences Sozioökonomischer Wandel--swd Kulturanthropologe--swd Sozialanthropologie--swd Kulturaustausch--swd Eurozentrismus--swd Europa--swd Asien--swd Eurasien--swd Geschichte--swd
327.405