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| ISBN: | 0511019238
9780511019234
0511036671
9780511036675
0521643481
9780521643481
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9781107116610
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "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."--Jacket
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| Other form: | Print version: Dʹi︠a︡konov, Igorʹ Mikhaĭlovich. Puti istorii. English. Paths of history. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521643481
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