The laws of history / / Graeme Donald Snooks
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| Autore: |
Snooks G. D (Graeme Donald)
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| Titolo: |
The laws of history / / Graeme Donald Snooks
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330/.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic history |
| Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) | |
| Social evolution | |
| Historicism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-274) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The laws of history |
| ISBN: | 1-134-65622-X |
| 1-280-31713-2 | |
| 0-203-45244-5 | |
| 0-203-26351-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455492903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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