The Origins of Capitalism and the Rise of the West (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781592135752)

In this study, Eric Mielants provides a novel interdisciplinary interpretation of the origins of modernity and capitalism in particular. He argues that contrary to popular thinking, the Rise of the West should not be analyzed in terms of the Industrial Revolution or the colonization of the New World, but viewed from long-term developments that occurred in the Middle Ages. A fascinating overview of different civilizations in East Asia, South Asia, and Northwestern Africa is provided and systematically compared and contrasted with Western Europe. This book addresses some of the major debates that have recently unfolded in world history, comparative sociology, political economy, sociological theory and historical sociology.a Mielants indicates how many existing theories (such as Marxism, World-Systems Theory and Smithian Modernization Theory) have suffered from either Eurocentric or limited temporal and spatial analyses, which prevents them from a complete understanding of why the origins of capitalism and citizenship emerged in Western Europe."

Author: Eric H. Mielants
ISBN-10: 1592135757
ISBN-13: 9781592135752
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.31w x 0.88d