The Interrelations of Societies in History

It has been long pointed out that the destinies of the various sections of mankind began to be interrelated long before the twentieth century, with its global wars and cold wars; or even the nineteenth century, the century of European world hegemony. Here we will study certain of the historical ways...

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Published in:Comparative studies in society and history 1963-01, Vol.5 (2), p.227-250
Main Author: Hodgson, Marshall G. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buddhism
Chinese culture
Christianity
Geographic regions
History/Historic/Historical
Indian culture
Interrelation/Interrelations/ Interrelationship
Inventions
Islam
Judaism
Muslims
Society/Societies
Traditions
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Summary:It has been long pointed out that the destinies of the various sections of mankind began to be interrelated long before the twentieth century, with its global wars and cold wars; or even the nineteenth century, the century of European world hegemony. Here we will study certain of the historical ways in which these destinies were intertwined; in this way we may distinguish more valid modes of tracing large-scale history and of comparing the societies involved in it, from a number of popular but unsound modes of trying to do so. I shall speak mostly of the ages before modern times, noting only briefly at the end of the paper certain crucial ways in which modern interrelations among human societies have been different from earlier ones.
ISSN:0010-4175
1475-2999
1471-633X
DOI:10.1017/S0010417500001626