From the preface: 'This is a book which synthesizes a lifetime of reflection on the origins of the modern world.
Through forty years of travel in Europe, Australia, India, Nepal, Japan and China I have observed the similarities and differences of cultures.
I have read as widely as possible in both contemporary and classical works in history, anthropology and philosophy.
' Prof Macfarlane is also the author of The Culture of Capitalism, The Savage Wars of Peace, The Riddle of the Modern World and The Making of the Modern World , among many others.
This is the third book published by Odd Volumes, the imprint of The Fortnightly Review.
About author(s): Prof.
Alan Macfarlane, FBA, FRHistS, taught at the Department of Social Anthropology Cambridge University for more than 30 years and is now Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and a Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles on the anthropology and history of England, Nepal, Japan and China.
| Preface | This is a book which synthesizes a lifetime of reflection on the origins of the modern world |
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| About author(s) | Prof |
Odd Volumes The invention of the modern world, paperback/alan macfarlane
