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The laws of history /
In this unorthodox and trail-blazing work Graeme Snooks argues that it is possible to construct a scientific theory of human history, but only if we adopt a radically materialist theory of human nature.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; The eternal and the ephemeral; The law-seekers; What are laws, and where can we find them?; Metaphysical historicism from Hesiod to Toynbee; Positive historicism from Comte to Rostow; The poverty or perversion of historicism?; If history has laws, why haven't they been discovered?; The laws; If history has laws, how would we recognize them?; The laws of societal dynamics; The laws of historical change; The laws of institutional change; The hidden wealth of historicism; Notes; Glossary of new terms and concepts; References; Index