The ephemeral civilization : exploding the myth of social evolution / / Graeme Donald Snooks

• Autore: Snooks G. D (Graeme Donald)
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (600 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4
• Soggetto topico: Economic history; Social evolution; Civilization - Philosophy; History - Philosophy
• Note generali: Originally published in print: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-546) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; THE MYTH OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION; A REALIST MODEL OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR; A NEW MODEL OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; THE ETHEREAL WORLD OF INSTITUTIONALISM; THE ROBOTIC WORLD OF SOCIOBIOLOGY; ROME: SANCTUARY OF THE WOLF; TENOCHTITLAN: CITADEL OF THE SUN; GREECE: JEWEL OF THE AEGEAN; VENICE: APPARITION OF THE ADRIATIC; ENGLAND: ALBION AWAKENING; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: PHOENIX RISING; THE COMING CLASH OF THE MEGA-STATES: USA, EU, RUSSIA, CHINA; A GLOBAL-STATE?; Notes; Glossary of new terms and concepts; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Ephemeral Civilization is an astonishing intellectual feat in which Graeme Snooks develops an original and ground-breaking analysis of changing sociopolitical forms over the past 3,000 years. Snooks challenges the prevailing theories of social evolutionism with an innovative approach which also looks ahead to the twenty-first century. The Ephemeral Civilization builds on the model of dynamic strategy outlined in the author's highly acclaimed companion volume, The Dynamic Society. The Ephemeral Society is divided into three parts - theory, history and
• Titolo autorizzato: The ephemeral civilization
• ISBN: 1-134-70003-2; 1-134-70004-0; 1-280-33269-7; 0-203-02986-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971160103321
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