Description: The Paths of Civilization by J. Krejcí Socio-economic scenarios help the reader to explore the ways in which individual civilizations - through world views, styles of life and responses to the environment that each bear their own signature - struggle, merge, submerge in the flow of the currents of history. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work spans the development of civilizations from their remotest origins to the present day. It examines the term civilization with reference to culture, socio-economic structure, ethnicity and statehood. Socio-economic scenarios help the reader to explore the ways in which individual civilizations - through world views, styles of life and responses to the environment that each bear their own signature - struggle, merge, submerge in the flow of the currents of history. Author Biography Jaroslav Krejci was born in 1916 in what, two years later, became Czechoslovakia. After studying law and economics at the Charles University in Prague he was employed in the States economic institutions. As his views clashed with those of the Czechoslovakian communist regime he was made a political prisoner (1954-60). In 1968 (The Prague Spring) he returned to academic work. When the Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia, Krejci, with his wife Anna, went into exile and settled in England, where Lancaster University awarded him, in 1976, a full professorship and, in 2000, an honorary doctorate for literature. Since 1990 he has also been active in the Czech republic; in 1998 President Vaclac Havel presented him with the Medal of National Merit and in 2003 he was awarded a special prize from the Czech Foundation for Literature. Table of Contents PART I: THE GLOBAL COMPREHENSION OF HISTORY The Choice of the Point of Departure The Concept of Civilization Civilization - Reality and Perception A Spatio-Temporal Outline of Civilizations Social Formations as Structures of Civilizations Structures and Ideas The Geopolitical Formations PART II: SOCIO-HISTORICAL SCENARIOS By Way of an Introduction The Levant South and South-East Asia Eastern Asia Europe PART III: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS The Turning Points on the Map of Civilizations The Varieties of the Human Condition Metahistorical Trends and Outlooks Appendix: A Short Note on Karl Marx, Max Weber and Arnold Toynbee Review "[T]his book may be characterized as historical sociology informed by theory, sensitive to ideas, and enriched by a lively, provocative intelligence... Recommended." - CHOICE Review Quote "[T]his book may be characterized as historical sociology informed by theory, sensitive to ideas, and enriched by a lively, provocative intelligence... Recommended." CHOICE Details ISBN1403917604 Language English ISBN-10 1403917604 ISBN-13 9781403917607 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Understanding the Currents of History Place of Publication Gordonsville Country of Publication United States Short Title PATHS OF CIVILIZATION 2004/E Pages 281 Birth 1916 Edition 2004th DOI 10.1604/9781403917607 AU Release Date 2004-10-22 NZ Release Date 2004-10-22 US Release Date 2004-10-22 UK Release Date 2004-10-22 Author J. Krejcí Publisher Palgrave USA Edition Description 2004 ed. Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-10-22 Alternative 9781403938213 DEWEY 909 Illustrations 3 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 281 p. 3 illus. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98041053;
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