End times

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THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMES

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS

'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' Bloomberg

One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society works

What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant position? And why do ruling classes sometimes suddenly lose their grip on power?

For decades, complexity scientist Peter Turchin has been studying world history like no-one else. Assembling vast databases mined from 10,000 years of human activity, and then developing new models, he has transformed the way we learn from the past. End Times is the result: a ground-breaking account of how society works.

The lessons, he argues, are clear. When the balance of power between the ruling class and the majority tips too far in favour of elites, income inequality surges. The rich get richer, the poor further impoverished. As more people try to join the elite, frustration with the establishment brims over, often with disastrous consequences. Elite overproduction led to state breakdown in imperial China, in medieval France, in the American Civil War - and it is happening now.

But while we are far along the path toward violent political rupture, Turchin's models also light the way to a brighter future. Drawing insight from those occasions in history where the balance was restored, End Times also points towards a different future: an escape from the patterns of the past.

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De toekomst is wel degelijk te voorspellen op basis van het verleden in 2010 voorspelde vooraanstaand wetenschapper peter turchin dat amerika zich in een spiraal van sociale desintegratie bevond die in 2020 zou leiden tot een ineenstorting van de politieke orde een voorspelling die getuige de Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

War And Peace And War

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Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society s capacity for collective action resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor increasing conflict instead of coopera Verwacht over 5 weken .. MEER INFO

End Times

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peter turchin brings science to history some like it and some prefer their history plain but everyone needs to pay attention to the well informed convincing and terrifying analysis in this book angus deaton winner of the nobel prize in economicsfrom the pioneering co founder of cliodynami Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Uitvoering: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 maart 2024

Aantal pagina's: 368

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Originele titel: End Times

Hoofdauteur: Peter Turchin

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Tweede Uitgeverij: Penguin Random House UK

Fabrikant Naam: Penguin Books Limited

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Editie: 1

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Kookboek: Nee

Personage van toepassing: Nee

Product breedte: 128 mm

Product hoogte: 21 mm

Product lengte: 197 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 138 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 35 mm

Verpakking lengte: 216 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 820 g

EAN: 9780141999289

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