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PublisherPluto Press
ISBN-100745336159
ISBN-139780745336152
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Number of Pages404 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHow the West Came to Rule : the Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism
Publication Year2015
SubjectEconomic History, Free Enterprise
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlexander Anievas, Kerem NişAncıOğLu
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics
FormatUk-Trade Paper
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-498081
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'This rigorously argued book presents a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. The authors combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb ' and provocative ' alternative', 'This rigorously argued book presents a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. The authors combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb - and provocative - alternative', Anievas and Nis¸anciog'lu have succeeded in providing new theoretical and historical perspectives to explain how capitalism prevailed to become a dominant force in global affairs. They offer a fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world....Highly recommended., For too long discussions about the emergence of capitalism have been polarised between two misleading and essentialist versions. On the one hand, those which treat the West - and in some versions, just England - as having some special quality or pattern of development which placed it in the lead. On the other, those which simply reverse the equation, claiming that everything which gave the West its advantage was taken from the East. Now, in How the West Came to Rule, we have a superb account which successfully transcends this false dichotomy. Drawing on the best aspects of Historical Sociology and International Relations, and within a rigorous Marxist theoretical framework, Anievas and Niancolu offer a challenge to all existing explanations of the rise of the West to world dominance., 'A fascinating tour de force that will surely be debated in the fields of history, sociology, Marxism and International Relations for years to come', 'A work of towering scholarly erudition combined with deep political insights that must be reckoned with', This excellent book, which builds upon extant non-Eurocentric analyses of the Eastern origins of the rise of the West, intervenes in the recent neo-Trotskyist IR literature by showing how uneven and combined development operated prior to European industrialisation and how this international process was in fact formative of, rather than something which flowed on subsequent to, this great economic transformation., Historical Sociology has long been criticised for its failure to rigorously incorporate international and world-historical factors into its method of analysis. Meanwhile, Marxism has often been charged with an understanding of capitalism that unwittingly plays into Eurocentric narratives of the 'rise of the West'. In this highly original and beautifully written volume, Anievas and Nisancioglu set out to overcome both these challenges in one go. Using Leon Trotsky's idea of 'uneven and combined development', they show convincingly that a truly 'international historical sociology' can uncover the enormous but neglected part played by non-European societies and cultures in the historical origins of capitalism and hence of the modern world itself. The result is a fascinating tour de force that will surely be debated in the fields of World History, Historical Sociology, Marxism and International Relations for years to come., 'There is much talk these days of Big History, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Anievas and NiÅŸancıoÄŸlu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda', 'There is much talk these days of Big History, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Anievas and Niancolu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda', Anievas and Nis¸anciog'lu have succeeded in providing new theoretical and historical perspectives to explain how capitalism prevailed to become a dominant force in global affairs. They offer a fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world....Highly recommended., Anievas and Nisancioglu have succeeded in providing new theoretical and historical perspectives to explain how capitalism prevailed to become a dominant force in global affairs. They offer a fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world....Highly recommended., 'There is much talk these days of Big History, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Anievas and NiÅ_ancıoÄ_lu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda', Anievas and Nisanciog'lu have succeeded in providing new theoretical and historical perspectives to explain how capitalism prevailed to become a dominant force in global affairs. They offer a fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world....Highly recommended., 'There is much talk these days of Big History, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Anievas and Nisancioglu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda', 'Provides an important introduction to a truly global history of the origins of capitalism which recognises the vital inputs and roles of a range of non-European societies', 'A fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world. Highly Recommended.', Anievas and Nisanciog'lu have succeeded in providing new theoretical and historical perspectives to explain how capitalism prevailed to become a dominant force in global affairs. They offer a fundamental rethinking of the origins of capitalism and the emergence of Western domination by the interactive relations with the non-European world....Highly recommended., 'Provocative and brilliant ... An enormous contribution to redressing the one-sided debates about the origins of capitalism and the West's conquest of the planet ... Their book should be read by anyone hoping to understand as well as challenge Eurocentrism, imperialism, and the capitalist system as a whole', There is much talk these days of Big History, longer-term narratives, and history on the largest of scales, yet the advocates invariably stop short of talking about capitalism. With their bold and wide-ranging treatment, Alexander Anievas and Kerem Niancolu now place the origins of capitalism at the very centre of the agenda., 'A superb account which successfully transcends a false dichotomy. Drawing on the best aspects of Historical Sociology and International Relations, and within a rigorous Marxist framework, the authors offer a challenge to all existing explanations of the rise of the West to world dominance', 'How the West Came to Rule is an excellent, inventive and fascinating piece of scholarship; it is all the more remarkable because it is able to condense a complex of vast and contrary trends, in and through the lens of uneven and combined development, and to demonstrate how they intersect at the point of capital development. It achieves this, for the most part, with clarity and conviction. An exemplary scholarly achievement, providing a powerful riposte to Political Marxism, and an important step forward in a vital debate.', In this rigorously argued book, Anievas and Niancolu present a compelling challenge to standard narratives of capitalist modernity. They combine theoretical sophistication and a wide-ranging account of extra-European histories to provide a superb - and provocative - alternative.
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal330.12209
Table Of ContentList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Transition Debate: Theories and Critique 2. Rethinking the Origins of Capitalism: The Theory of Uneven and Combined Development 3. The Long Thirteenth Century: Structural Crisis, Conjunctural Catastrophe 4. The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry over the Long Sixteenth Century 5. The Atlantic Sources of European Capitalism, Territorial Sovereignty and the Modern Self 6. The 'Classical' Bourgeois Revolutions in the History of Uneven and Combined Development 7. Combined Encounters: Dutch Colonisation in South-East Asia and the Contradictions of 'Free Labour' 8. Origins of the Great Divergence over the Longue Durée: Rethinking the 'Rise of the West' Conclusion Notes Index
SynopsisHow the West Came to Rule offers a unique interdisciplinary and international historical account of the origins of capitalism. It argues that, contrary to dominant wisdom, capitalism's origins should not be understood as a development confined to the geographically and culturally sealed borders of Europe, but the outcome of a wider array of global processes in which non-European societies played a decisive role., How the West Came to Rule offers a unique interdisciplinary and international historical account of the origins of capitalism. It argues that contrary to dominant wisdom, capitalism's origins should not be understood as a development confined to the geographically and culturally sealed borders of Europe, but the outcome of a wider array of global processes in which non-European societies played a decisive role. Through an outline of the uneven histories of Mongolian expansion, New World discoveries, Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry, the development of the colonies, and bourgeois revolutions, Alex Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu offer an account of capitalism's origins that convincingly argues against the prevailing Eurocentric narratives., ***Winner, International Studies Association International Political Sociology Best Book Prize 2017*** ***Winner, British International Studies Association International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize 2016*** Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a profess which is fundamentally European--a system that was born in the mills and factories of English and under the guillotines of the French Revolution. This groundbreaking book tells a very difference story. How the West Came to Rule offers a unique interdisciplinary and international historical account of the origins of capitalism. It argues that, contrary to dominant wisdom, capitalism's origins should not be understood as a development confined to the geographically and culturally sealed borders of Europe, but the outcome of a wider array of global processes in which non-European societies played a decisive role. Here is a provocative, incisive explanation of how capitalism emerged in England and Europe through a dialectical intersocietal and geopolitical process. The authors' aim to undermine a Eurocentric bias that has been prominent in the debate about capitalisms rise to supremacy, and their case is remarkably convincing. They provide a fundamental rethinking. Anievas and Nisancioglu contend that often cited assumptions are neither theoretically nor empirically tenable and deny the agency of non-Western societies to the emergence of capitalism. Topics covered include: *The Problem of Eurocentrism *The Problem of Historical Specificity *The Brenner Thesis: Explanation and Critique *The Geopolitical in the Making of Capitalism *The Political Marxist Conception of Capitalism *Rethinking the Origins of Capitalism *And much more! Through an outline of the uneven histories of Mongolian expansion, New World discoveries, Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry, the development of the colonies, and bourgeois revolutions, Alex Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu offer an account of capitalism's origins that convincingly argues against the prevailing Eurocentric narratives. It will change minds and open the eyes of historians, economists, and political thinkers.
LC Classification NumberHB501
