{"product_id":"transition-to-modernity-essays-on-power-wealth-and-belief-hardback-9780521382021","title":"Transition to Modernity; Essays on Power, Wealth and Belief (Hardback) 9780521382021","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransition to Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Power, Wealth and Belief\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn A. Hall (Edited by), I. C. Jarvie (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521382021, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 January 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  5 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 3.6 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis set of essays is concerned with the explanation of large scale social change. Concentration is on the social stagnation characteristic of agrarian circumstances, the conditions for exit from that world and the varied social orders that inhabit, sometimes precariously, the modern world community. The distinguished contributors, from archaeology, anthropology, sociology, economic history and philosophy, have all been stimulated by the work of Ernest Gellner, and the essays are in dialogue with his view of our social condition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Pre-Modern World: 1. World languages and human dispersals: a minimalist view Colin Renfrew\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nomads and oases in Central Asia A. M. Khazanov\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why poverty was inevitable in traditional societies E. A. Wrigley\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Transitions to the Modern World: 4. On a little known chapter of Mediterranean history Karl R. Popper\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ernest Gellner and the escape to modernity Alan MacFarlane\u003cbr\u003e 6. The emergence of modern European nationalism Michael Mann\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sovereign individuals Ronald Dore\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Modernity and its Discontents: 8. Science, politics, enchantment Perry Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 9. Deconstructing post-modernism: Gellner and Crocodile Dundee Joseph Agassi\u003cbr\u003e 10. A methodology without presuppositions? John Watkins\u003cbr\u003e 11. Gellner's positivism I. C. Jarvie\u003cbr\u003e 12. Left versus Right in French political ideology Louis Dumont\u003cbr\u003e 13. Property, justice and common good after socialism John Dunn\u003cbr\u003e 14. Social contract, democracy and freedom Gerard Radnitzky\u003cbr\u003e 15. Thoughts on liberalisation Jose Merquior\u003cbr\u003e 16. Peace, peace at last? John A. Hall\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006068707608,"sku":"9780521382021","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521382021i_8d3ac329-67c8-46bd-a674-904666f74d77.jpg?v=1691376115","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transition-to-modernity-essays-on-power-wealth-and-belief-hardback-9780521382021","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}