Suchergebnisse

Forging the Modern World -- A World Connected 1347-1520 -- The New Global Interface 1486-1637 -- The Paradoxes of Early Modern Empire 1501-1661 -- Production and Consumption in the First Global Economy 1571-1721 -- Global War and Imperial Reform 1655-1766 -- A New Order for the Ages 1762-1839 -- The Engines of Industrialization 1787-1868 -- Modernity Organized 1840-1893 -- Globalization and Its Discontents 1869-1915 -- Total War and Mass Society 1911-1933 -- The Ongoing Crisis of Global Order 1930-1957 -- Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and Liberation Movements 1954-1991 -- The Many Worlds of the Twenty-first Century 1987-2021.

The early modern period in world history, roughly 1500-1800, was marked by several worldwide processes of change unprecedented in their scope and intensity. The term early modern—which is not Eurocentric—should be applied to this period in South Asian history. The society of the Indian subcontinent shared directly in the massive processes of change that influenced societies throughout the world.

The second volume of The History of Evil explores the philosophy of evil in the long Middle Ages. Starting from the Augustinian theme of evil as a deprivation or perversion of what is good, this period saw the maturation of concepts of natural evil, of evil as sin involving the will, and of malicious agents aiming to increase evil in general and sin in particular. Comprisingfifteen chapters, the contributions address key figures of the Christian Middle Ages or traditions sharing some similar cultural backgrounds, such as medieval Judaism and Islam. Other chapters examine contemporaneous developments in the Middle East, China, India and Japan. The volume concludes with an overview of contemporary transpositions of Dante, illustrating the remarkable cultural influence of medieval accounts of evil today. This outstanding treatment of the history of evil at the crucial and determinative inception of its key concepts will appeal to those with particular interests in the ideas of evil and good.

It is often said that history matters, but these words are often little more than a hollow statement. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the view that the economy is a mechanical toy that can be fixed using a few simple tools has continued to be held by economists and policy makers and echoed by the media. The paper addresses the origins of this unfortunate belief, inherent to neoliberalism, and what can be done to bring time back into public discourse.