POLS 3790 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dependent And Independent Variables, Gujarati Muslims, Political Correctness
23 Jan 2017
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It seems natural to assume the east and west are necessarily distinct, separate entities. It is believed and taught that the west has pioneered the creation of the modern world. The idea that the west deserves to occupy the centre stage in world history is questionable. East played a crucial role in enabling the rise of the modern. Innovation and invention went from east to west. The eurocentric account of world history assumes that the west made it of its own accord due to its superior virtues or properties, and factors unique to its ascendant culture. This perspective presumes that europe autonomously developed through an iron logic of immanence. Hobson contests the major claims made by mainstream eurocentric scholars and proposes alternative account. The east pioneered its own substantial economic development after 500 c. e. That the east created and actively maintained the world economy after500.
