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The Structure of World History
Original title: 世界史の構造
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Describes changes in the world system as a combination of A. reciprocity, B. redistribution, and C. commodity exchange, showing a path toward a mode of exchange D beyond them. Chapters proceed through mini-world systems, world=empire, world=economy (the modern world system), and the present and future.
Mode of exchange D is held to have been revealed by prophets of universal religions. Considering Max Weber's classification of prophets into ethical and exemplary prophets, it argues that not only the founders of Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, but also Ionian natural philosophers and thinkers such as Socrates, Confucius, and Laozi are equivalent to prophets of universal religions.
A.互酬、B.再分配、C.商品交換の結合態としての世界システムの変遷を語り、それらを越えたDという交換様式への道筋を示す。ミニ世界システム、世界=帝国、世界=経済(近代世界システム)そして現在と未来という順序で章立ててある。
交換様式Dは普遍宗教の預言者によって開示されたものであるとする。マックス・ウェーバーの分類する預言者には倫理的預言者と模範的預言者があることを考えると、キリスト教、回教、仏教の各教祖だけでなく、イオニアの自然哲学者やソクラテスや孔子や老子などの思想家も、普遍宗教の預言者と同じであると言う。
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