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Paths of History by Igor M. Diakonoff (1999, Hardcover)
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Paths of History, Hardcover by Diakonov, Igor Mikhailovich; Diankonoff, Igor M., ISBN 0521643481, ISBN-13 9780521643481, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The progress of mankind from palaeolithic times to the present day is the subject of this concise and important book by Professor Igor Diakonoff. This overview is unique in that it examines the whole history of humanity and the many factors which have governed it. Professor Diakonoff looks beyond the social and economic to analyse the broader range of influences (religious, ethnic, cultural, and military-technological) which have enabled the human race to move from one stage of development to another, demonstrating also that social evolution does not necessarily imply progress.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521643481
ISBN-139780521643481
eBay Product ID (ePID)1018421
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Book TitlePaths of History
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicGeneral, World
GenreHistory
AuthorIgor M. Diakonoff
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight25.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-030994
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Igor Diakonoff's The Paths of History is a remarkable survey of world history by a Russian orientalist, using a Marxist interpretation as a point of departure." Eric Hobsbawm, New Statesman & Society, "...this is an important book...[I] would expect Diakonoff's work to provide the starting-point for lively discussion and research. First of all we need an English translation." Times Literary Supplement, ‘ … a remarkable survey of world history by a Russian orientalist, using the Marxist interpretation as a point of departure.’Eric Hobsbawm, New Statesman and Society, ' ... a remarkable survey of world history by a Russian orientalist, using the Marxist interpretation as a point of departure.' Eric Hobsbawm, New Statesman and Society, ' ... a remarkable survey of world history by a Russian orientalist, using the Marxist interpretation as a point of departure.'Eric Hobsbawm, New Statesman and Society, ' … a remarkable survey of world history by a Russian orientalist, using the Marxist interpretation as a point of departure.' Eric Hobsbawm, New Statesman and Society
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Table Of ContentForeword Geoffrey Hosking; Author's preface; Introduction; 1. First phase (primitive); 2. Second phase (primitive communal); 3. Third phase (early antiquity); 4. Fourth phase (imperial antiquity); 5. Fifth phase (the Middle Ages); 6. The sixth phase (the stable absolutist post-medieval phase); 7. Seventh phase (capitalist); 8. Eighth phase (post-capitalist).
SynopsisThis is a broad and ambitious study of the entire history of humanity that takes as its point of departure Marx's theory of social evolution. Professor Diakonoff's theory of world history differs from Marx's in a number of ways. First, he has expanded Marx's five stages of development to eight. Second, he denies that social evolution necessarily implies progress and shows how "each progress is simultaneously a regress," and third, he demonstrates that the transition from one stage to another is not necessarily marked by social conflict and that sometimes this is achieved peacefully and gracefully. As the book moves through these various stages, the reader is drawn into a remarkable and thought-provoking study of the process of the history of the human race that focuses on the wide range of factors (economic, social, military-technological, and socio-pyschological) that have influenced our development from palaeolithic times to the present day., A history of mankind from palaeolithic times to the present day by a leading scholar of world history., This concise and thought-provoking study traces historical processes from palaeolithic times to the present day providing a comprehensive overview of the history of mankind and the laws governing it. Professor Diakonoff analyses all aspects of our development, examining social, political, economic, socio-psychological, technical and ethical factors., This is a broad and ambitious study of the entire history of humanity which takes as its point of departure Marx's theory of social evolution. However, Professor Diakonoff's theory of world history differs from Marx's in a number of ways. Firstly he has expanded Marx's five stages of development to eight. Secondly he denies that social evolution necessarily implies progress and shows how 'each progress is simultaneously a regress', and thirdly he demonstrates that the transition from one stage to another is not necessarily marked by social conflict and that sometimes this is achieved peacefully and gracefully. As the book moves through these various stages, the reader is drawn into a remarkable and thought-provoking study of the process of the history of the human race which focuses on the wide range of factors (economic, social, military-technological, and socio-pyschological) which have influenced our development from palaeolithic times to the present day.
LC Classification NumberD16.8 .D4513 1999
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