The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation

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作者: John M. Hobson 著

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版时间: 2004-07

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780521547246

定价: 451.20

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 376页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

JohnHobsonchallengestheethnocentricbiasofmainstreamaccountsoftheRiseoftheWest.ItisoftenassumedthatsinceAncientGreektimesEuropeanshavepioneeredtheirowndevelopment,andthattheEasthasbeenapassiveby-standerinthestoryofprogressiveworldhistory.HobsonarguesthatthereweretwoprocessesthatenabledtheRiseofthe'OrientalWest'.First,eachmajordevelopmentalturningpointinEuropewasinformedinlargepartbytheassimilationofEasterninventions(e.g.ideas,technologiesandinstitutions)whichdiffusedfromthemoreadvancedEastacrosstheEastern-ledglobaleconomybetween500–1800.Second,theconstructionofEuropeanidentityafter1453ledtoimperialism,throughwhichEuropeansappropriatedmanyEasternresources(land,labourandmarkets).Hobson'sbookthuspropelsthehithertomarginalisedEasternpeoplestotheforefrontofthestoryofprogressinworldhistory. JohnM.HobsonisaSeniorLecturerinGovernmentandInternationalRelationsattheUniversityofSydney.HeistheauthorofTheStateandInternationalRelations(2000),TheWealthofStates:AComparativeSociologyofInternationalEconomicandPoliticalChange(1997),andco-author(withLindaWeiss)ofStatesandEconomicDevelopment:AComparativeHistoricalAnalysis(1995).
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JohnHobsonchallengestheethnocentricbiasofmainstreamaccountsoftheRiseoftheWest.ItisoftenassumedthatsinceAncientGreektimesEuropeanshavepioneeredtheirowndevelopment,andthattheEasthasbeenapassiveby-standerinthestoryofprogressiveworldhistory.HobsonarguesthatthereweretwoprocessesthatenabledtheRiseofthe'OrientalWest'.First,eachmajordevelopmentalturningpointinEuropewasinformedinlargepartbytheassimilationofEasterninventions(e.g.ideas,technologiesandinstitutions)whichdiffusedfromthemoreadvancedEastacrosstheEastern-ledglobaleconomybetween500–1800.Second,theconstructionofEuropeanidentityafter1453ledtoimperialism,throughwhichEuropeansappropriatedmanyEasternresources(land,labourandmarkets).Hobson'sbookthuspropelsthehithertomarginalisedEasternpeoplestotheforefrontofthestoryofprogressinworldhistory.
作者简介:
JohnM.HobsonisaSeniorLecturerinGovernmentandInternationalRelationsattheUniversityofSydney.HeistheauthorofTheStateandInternationalRelations(2000),TheWealthofStates:AComparativeSociologyofInternationalEconomicandPoliticalChange(1997),andco-author(withLindaWeiss)ofStatesandEconomicDevelopment:AComparativeHistoricalAnalysis(1995).

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