02491pam a2200361 a 4500 69736 BD-DhUL 20170514161414.0 980812s1999 enk b 000 0 eng 98030994 0521643481 0521643988 paperback 69736 DLC eng BD-DhUL DLC OrLoB-B eng rus 901 21 BUR Diakonov, Igor Mikhailovich. Puti istorii. English The paths of history / Igor M. Diakonoff. Cambridge, U.K. : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. xi, 355 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword / Geoffrey Hosking -- 1. First Phase (Primitive) -- 2. Second Phase (Primitive Communal) -- 3. Third Phase (Early Antiquity) -- 4. Fourth Phase (Imperial Antiquity) -- 5. Fifth Phase (the Middle Ages) -- 6. Sixth Phase (the Stable Absolutist Post-Medieval Phase) -- 7. Seventh Phase (Capitalist) -- 8. Eighth Phase (Post-Capitalist). "The Paths of History provides an overview of the entire history of humanity and the laws governing it. This study takes as its point of departure Marx's theory of social evolution. Igor M. Diakonoff has expanded Marx's five stages of development to eight. In addition, and in contrast to Marx, Diakonoff denies that our transition from one stage to the next is marked by social conflict and revolution and demonstrates that these transitions are sometimes achieved peacefully and gracefully. Professor Diakonoff's focus is not limited solely to the economic and socio-economic aspects of our development; rather he examines in detail the ethnic, cultural, religious and military-technological factors which have been brought to bear over the centuries. He also denies that social evolution necessarily implies progress and shows how 'each progress is simultaneously a regress'. Finally the book concludes with a prognosis for the future of humanity."--BOOK JACKET. History Philosophy. History Periodization. Historiography. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/98030994.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98030994.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98030994.html ddc BK ANL YY 901 D536 195944 195944 0 0 ddc 0 901_000000000000000_BUR 1 NFIC 333126 DUL DUL AAC 2017-05-14 Gift 901 BUR 426277 2017-05-14 1 2017-05-14 BK