How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism - Brossura

Anievas, Alexander; Nişancıoğlu, Kerem

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ISBN 10: 0745336159 ISBN 13: 9780745336152

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2015

Riassunto

How the West Came to Rule offers a unique interdisciplinary and international historical account of the origins of capitalism. It argues that contrary to dominant wisdom, capitalism’s origins should not be understood as a development confined to the geographically and culturally sealed borders of Europe, but the outcome of a wider array of global processes in which non-European societies played a decisive role. Through an outline of the uneven histories of Mongolian expansion, New World discoveries, Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry, the development of the colonies, and bourgeois revolutions, Alex Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu offer an account of capitalism’s origins that convincingly argues against the prevailing Eurocentric narratives.

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Recensione:

'A fascinating tour de force that will surely be debated in the fields of history, sociology, Marxism and International Relations for years to come' (Justin Rosenberg, Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex)

'An excellent book' (Professor John M. Hobson (University of Sheffield))

'This rigorously argued book presents a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. The authors combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb – and provocative – alternative' (Gurminder K Bhambra, author of Connected Sociologies (Bloomsbury))

'A superb account which successfully transcends a false dichotomy. Drawing on the best aspects of Historical Sociology and International Relations, and within a rigorous Marxist framework, the authors offer a challenge to all existing explanations of the rise of the West to world dominance' (Neil Davidson, author of How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions? (Haymarket Books, 2012))

'There is much talk these days of Big History, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Anievas and Nişancıoğlu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda' (Geoff Eley, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Michigan)

L'autore:

Malcolm Miles is Professor of Cultural Theory in the School of Architecture, Design and Environment at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of Urban Utopias: The Built and Social Architectures of Alternative Settlements (2008), Cities & Cultures (2007), Urban Avant-Gardes: Art, Architecture & Change (2004), and Art, Space & the City (1997). He is co-editor of the Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism series.

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0745336159
• ISBN 13: 9780745336152
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 400