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The laws of history / Graeme Donald Snooks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snooks, G. D. (Graeme Donald)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic history.
- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences).
- Social evolution.
- Historicism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this unorthodox and trail-blazing work Graeme Snooks argues that it is possible to construct a scientific theory of human history, but only if we adopt a radically materialist theory of human nature.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; The eternal and the ephemeral; The law-seekers; What are laws, and where can we find them?; Metaphysical historicism from Hesiod to Toynbee; Positive historicism from Comte to Rostow; The poverty or perversion of historicism?; If history has laws, why haven't they been discovered?; The laws; If history has laws, how would we recognize them?; The laws of societal dynamics; The laws of historical change; The laws of institutional change; The hidden wealth of historicism; Notes; Glossary of new terms and concepts; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-65621-1
- 1-134-65622-X
- 1-280-31713-2
- 0-203-45244-5
- 0-203-26351-0
- 9780203452448
- OCLC:
- 560130021
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