Rise and decline of civilizations: lessons for the Jewish people ; a project for the Jewish People Policy Institute
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Table
of
Contents
Acknowledgements
.xi
Foreword
.xiii
Introduction. A Thought Experiment
.xv
Part I
QUESTIONS OF DEFINITION AND METHODOLOGY
Introduction
. 3
Chapter
1:
Civilization or Culture?
. 4
Chapter
2:
At the Crossroads: The Trouble with "Rising," "Thriving,"
and "Declining"
. 8
Chapters: A Selection of Historians: Three Categories
. 13
Chapter
4:
On Philosophy of History
. 16
Chapter
5:
Obstacles to Foresight
. 20
Part II
HISTORIANS ON RISE AND DECLINE
Introduction
. 27
Chapter lrThucydides, Greece, ca.
460-400
ВСЕ
. 29
Chapter
2:
Sima
Qian, China, ca.
145-90
ВСЕ
. 35
Chapter 3:IbnKhaldun, Tunisia,
1332-1406
CE
. 43
Chapter
4:
Edward Gibbon, UK,
1737-1794. 50
Chapter
5:
Jacob Burckhardt, Switzerland,
1818-1897. 57
Chapter
6:
Max Weber, Germany,
1864-1920. 64
Chapter
7:
Oswald
Spengler,
Germany,
1880-1936. 68
Chapter
8:
Johan
Huizinga, Netherlands,
1872-1945. 72
Chapter
9:
Arnold
Toynbee,
UK,
1889-1975. 77
Chapter
10:
Pitirim Sorokin, USA,
1889-1968. 83
Chapter
11: Fernand
Braudel, France,
1902-1985. 87
Chapter
12:
Marshall G.S.Hodgson, USA,
1922-1968. 92
VII
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Chapter
13:
Bernard
Lewis, USA, 1916—. 97
Chapter
14:
Jonathan I. Israel, USA,
1946—. 101
Chapter IS: Paul Kennedy, USA,
1945-. 106
Chapter
16:
Jared Diamond, USA,
1937—. 108
Chapter
17:
Bryan Ward-Perkins, UK,
1952-. 110
Chapter
18:
Mancur Olson, USA,
1932-1998. 113
Chapter
19:
Peter Turchin, USA,
1957—. 114
Chapter
20:
Christopher Chase-Dunn, USA,
1944—
and Thomas D. Hall, USA,
1946-. 115
Chapter
21:
Joseph A. Tainter, USA,
1949—. 117
Chapter
22:
Arthur Herman, USA,
1956—. 118
Part III
MACRO-HISTORICAL CONDITIONS OF RISE,
GOLDEN AGE, AND DECLINE
Introduction
. 123
Chapter
1:
"Challenge-and-Response"
. 124
Chapter
2:
Windows of Opportunity
. 130
Chapter
3:
Global Up-and Downturns
. 133
Chapter
4:
Thriving Civilizations, or the Myth of a Golden Age
. 135
Chapter
5:
Cultural Accomplishments of Thriving Civilizations
. 139
Chapter
6:
Decline Has Multiple Causes
. 148
Chapter
7:
Global Futures: "End of Civilization" or "Decline of the West"?
. .153
Part IV
DRIVERS OF RISE AND DECLINE OF CIVILIZATIONS:
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND JEWISH HISTORY
Introduction
.161
Chapter
1:
Religion: Identity Safeguards and their Downsides
.162
Chapter
2:
Extra-Rational Bonds: Tacit Consensus or Group Cohesion
. 180
Chapter
3:
Education, Science and Technology: Drivers of the Future
. 193
Chapter
4:
Language: A Factor in Rise and Decline
.211
Chapter
5:
Creative Leadership and Political Elites
.220
Chapter
6:
Numbers and Critical Mass
.242
Chapter
7:
Economic Foundations of Long-Lasting Civilizations
.253
Chapters: War: A Double-Edged Sword
. 278
Chapter
9:
Geopolitics and Civilizational Affinities
.301
Chapter
10:
Internal Dissent
.315
Chapter
11 :
"Fortune" or Chance Events
.329
Chapter
12:
Natural and Health Disasters
.342
VIII
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Part
V
DRIVERS
OF
TRANSFORMATION:
TWO CASE STUDIES
Introduction
.353
Chapter
1 :
Transforming a Small Country into a Great Power:
The Dutch Republic
.354
Chapter
2:
Transforming Great-Power Decline into New Power Rise: Turkey
. . 358
Outlook and Conclusions
.362
Afterword
.366
Appendix
Appendix A: A Framework for Policy-Makers
. 373
Appendix B:
ÎPPI
Brainstorming
Participants
. 380
Selected Bibliography
. 382
Notes
. 403
Index
. 439
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