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The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
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A collection of essays by one of the better theorists about how ideas and institutions have shaped the world we currently live in (as of Feb 2013).
Wallerstein uses fairly commonplace language to explain and critique the foundational ideas of the social sciences (and much of so-called "hard sciences") and thereby details the peculiarly European prejudices which under-gird that strange institution called the University.
Wallerstein also uses very sound arguments to predict why capitalism will, within the next 4 generations, cease to exist as a global system.
If you care about understanding how our current processes of knowledge accumulation and learning are quickly becoming obsolete, this book is a good introduction.
Wallerstein uses fairly commonplace language to explain and critique the foundational ideas of the social sciences (and much of so-called "hard sciences") and thereby details the peculiarly European prejudices which under-gird that strange institution called the University.
Wallerstein also uses very sound arguments to predict why capitalism will, within the next 4 generations, cease to exist as a global system.
If you care about understanding how our current processes of knowledge accumulation and learning are quickly becoming obsolete, this book is a good introduction.
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December 29, 2012
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December 29, 2012
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