The Structure of World History : From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange /

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In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-reads Marx's version of world history, shifting the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karatani, Kōjin, 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: Bourdaghs, Michael K. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Exchange > Social aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Capital.
HISTORY > World.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Échange (Économie politique) > Aspect social.
Social Change.
Social Sciences.
Sociology & Social History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: On modes of exchange
  • Mini world systems
  • The sedentary revolution
  • The gift and magic
  • World-empire
  • The state
  • World money
  • World empires
  • Universal religions
  • The modern world system
  • The modern state
  • Industrial capital
  • Nation
  • Associationism
  • The present and the future
  • The stages of global capitalism and repetition
  • Toward a world republic.

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