{"product_id":"making-global-society-a-study-of-humankind-across-three-eras-paperback-softback-9781009372183","title":"Making Global Society; A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009372183","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Global Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of Humankind Across Three Eras\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTracks the material and social conditions of humankind across history, explaining how global society evolved and what its prospects are.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarry Buzan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009372183, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e522 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'With characteristic ambition and erudition, Buzan tells the sweeping story of the rise and evolution of modern global society. Over the last two decades, Buzan has been a leading figure urging scholars of international relations to move beyond Western-centric approaches to forge a truly global discipline … The strength of Buzan's approach is its universality, weaving the complex evolution of modern society into a single story. He ominously speculates that today's cascading environmental crises could bring to an end modern civilization and the quest for human betterment.' G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBarry Buzan proposes a new approach to making International Relations a truly global discipline that transcends both Eurocentrism and comparative civilisations. He narrates the story of humankind as a whole across three eras, using its material conditions and social structures to show how global society has evolved. Deploying the English School's idea of primary institutions and setting their story across three domains - interpolity, transnational and interhuman - this book conveys a living historical sense of the human story whilst avoiding the overabstraction of many social science grand theories. Buzan sharpens the familiar story of three main eras in human history with the novel idea that these eras are separated by turbulent periods of transition. This device enables a radical retelling of how modernity emerged from the late 18th century. He shows how the concept of 'global society' can build bridges connecting International Relations, Global Historical Sociology and Global\/World History.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Laying the Foundations for a Global Society: 2. Pre-prelude – the hunter-gatherer era\u003cbr\u003e 3. Prelude – the era of conglomerate agrarian\/pastoralist empires 2310BC to 1800AD\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society: 4. Material conditions\u003cbr\u003e 5a. Social structure I – CAPE instructions carried forward into the transition\u003cbr\u003e 5b. Social structure II – institutions new with the transition\u003cbr\u003e 6. Where are we within the transition from CAPE to modernity\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Deep Pluralism: More Transition or Modernity Proper?: 7. Material conditions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Social structure\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472123818264,"sku":"9781009372183","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009372183i.jpg?v=1785718091","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-global-society-a-study-of-humankind-across-three-eras-paperback-softback-9781009372183","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}