ISBN:
9781009372169
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (522 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306
Abstract:
Barry Buzan combines the abstract approach of social science with the narrative approach of historians to convey a living sense of the human story across three eras. His detailed assessment of the material conditions and social structures of humankind transcend Eurocentrism and open the way to understanding global society.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Approach -- Concepts, Terms and Definitions -- English School Concepts -- International System, International Society and World Society -- Interpolity, Transnational and Interhuman Domains -- Primary and Secondary Institutions -- Solidarism and Pluralism -- Raison de système and raison de famille -- Other Concepts from IR Theory -- Interaction Capacity -- Evolution -- Dialectics -- Differentiation Theory and Sectors -- Uneven and Combined Development -- Three Repurposed Concepts -- Era -- Social Glue -- Globalisation and Global Society -- Five Possible Pathways -- Conclusions -- The Structure of the Book -- Aims -- Part I Laying the Foundations for Global Society -- Introduction to Part I -- 2 Pre-Prelude: The Hunter-Gatherer Era -- Introduction -- Material Conditions -- Social Structure -- The Long Transition from Hunter-Gathering to Conglomerate Agrarian/Pastoralist Empires -- Conclusions -- 3 Prelude: The Era of Conglomerate Agrarian/Pastoralist Empires 2310 BC to 1800 AD -- Introduction -- Material Conditions -- Materials -- Energy -- Interaction Capacity -- Military Technology -- Civil Technology -- Social Structure -- Kinship -- Human Inequality -- Patriarchy -- Slavery -- Trade -- Companies -- Guilds -- Trade Diasporas -- Territoriality -- War -- Religion -- Monarchy/Dynasticism -- Imperialism -- Sovereignty -- Diplomacy -- International Law -- Development -- Conclusions -- Part II The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society -- Introduction to Part II -- 4 Material Conditions -- Introduction -- Materials -- Energy -- Interaction Capacity -- Military Technology -- Civil Technology.
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