The Historical Distinctiveness of Central Europe : : A Study in the Philosophy of History.

• Superior document: Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series ; v.31
• Author: Naszkowska, Klara.
• TeilnehmendeR: Brzechczyn, Krzysztof.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Memory and Politics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 pages)

The aim of this book is to explain economic dualism in the history of modern Europe. The emergence of the manorial-serf economy in the Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary in the 16thand the 17thcenturies was the result of a cumulative impact of such factors as the weakness of cities, political dominance.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Copyright information -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I On the Nature of the Developmental Differentiation of Central Europe -- 1 In Defense of the Theory of the Historical Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the Schematization of the Theory of the Historical Process -- 3 On the Prognoses in the Theory of the Historical Process -- 4 On the Loss of Nostalgia for the Metanarrative -- 5 On the Teleology of Substantial Philosophy of History -- 6 On the Need for the Theory of the Historical Process -- 2 The Concept of Central Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the Criteria of Distinguishing Central Europe -- 3 On the Borders of Central Europe -- 4 On the Nature of the Distinctiveness of Central Europe -- 3 On the Distinctiveness of Central Europe -- 1 Theories Referring to External Factors -- 1.1 The Concept of Marian Ma ł owist -- 1.2 The Concept of Immanuel Wallerstein -- 2 Theories Referring to Internal Factors -- 2.1 The Concept of Robert Brenner -- 2.2 The Concept of Jerzy Topolski -- 2.3 The Concept of Benedykt Zientara -- 3 Combined Theories -- 3.1 The Concept of Daniel Chirot -- 3.2 The Concept of W ł adys ł aw Rusi ń ski -- 3.3 The Concept of Jeremy Blum -- 3.4 The Concept of Jan Rutkowski -- 4 A Recapitulation -- Part II Methodological Assumptions -- 4 The Method of Idealization in the Historical Sciences -- 1 Idealization in the Social Sciences: Case Studies -- 2 The Method of Idealization -- 3 The Idealizational Law and Its Concretization -- 4 Operationalization of the Idealizational Theory -- 5 On Some Extensions of the Idealizational Theory of Science -- 5.1 On Different Kinds of Counter-Factual Assumptions -- 5.2 On the Specification of Idealizational Statements -- 6 The Comparative Method and Idealization -- 7 The Method of Modeling in the Economic History -- 7.1 Classification of Economic Models.

7.2 Evsey Domar 's Theory of the Rise of Exacerbated Serfdom -- 7.3 Witold Kula 's Theory of the Feudal System in Poland -- 7.4 Jerzy Topolski 's Model of Economy of Greater Poland -- 7.5 Fr é d é ric Mauro 's Theory of Intercontinental Trade -- 7.6 A Recapitulation -- 8 The Limitations of the Method of Idealization -- 5 The Methodological Characterization of the Cascade Effect -- 1 Two Types of Essential Structures -- 2 On Small Causes and Huge Effects -- 3 The Interaction of Factors in the Cascade -- 4 The Cascade Effect and the Scientific Theory -- 5 The Cascade Effect and the Historical Narrative -- 6 The Cascade Effect in Light of Categorial Ontology -- 7 The Rationale of Idiographism in the History -- 8 The Cascade Effect and Economic Dualism in Modern Europe -- Part III Theoretical Assumptions -- 6 The Basic Ideas of Non-Marxian Historical Materialism -- 1 Presentation of Basic Ideas -- 1.1 A Typology of Societies -- 1.2 A Model of Evolution of a Purely Political Society -- 1.3 The Global Model of a Political Society -- 2 On the Class Divisions in the State of Teutonic Knights -- 2.1 Problem -- 2.2 The Social Structure of the Teutonic State -- 2.3 Evolution of a Teutonic Society -- 2.4 Conclusions -- 3 Alternative History and the Rise of Socialism in Russia -- 7 Ownership and Revolution in Non-Marxian Historical Materialism -- 1 On Some Basic Mechanisms of Social Development -- 1.1 Adaptive Mechanisms -- 1.2 The Mechanism of a Class Struggle -- 2 On Two Models of Economic Society -- 2.1 The Basic Model of Purely Economic Society -- 2.2 An Economic Model of Feudal Society -- 3 On Two Types of an Economic Revolutions -- 3.1 Non-rationalistic Model of a Man -- 3.2 Critique of the Reconstruction of a Christian Model of Man -- 3.3 A Non-rationalistic Model of Man in the Area of Economy.

3.4 Two Types of Revolutions in the Model of an Economic Society -- Part IV The Conceptualization of the Distinctiveness of Central Europe -- 8 Models of the Source of a Cascade -- 1 Model II: An Economic Society with a Surplus of Manpower -- 1.1 Assumptions of the Model -- 1.2 Social Resistance of the Unemployed -- 1.3 Social Resistance of the Employed -- 1.4 The Image of Social Resistance of Direct Producers -- 1.5 Development of an Economic Society with a Surplus of Manpower -- 2 Model III: An Economic Society with a Shortage of Manpower -- 2.1 Assumptions of the Model -- 2.2 The Shortage of Manpower versus the Social Resistance -- 2.3 Development of an Economic Society with a Shortage of Manpower -- 2.4 A Scope of the Historical Application of Models -- 9 The Genesis of European Differentiation -- 1. On the Peculiarities of Feudalism in Central Europe -- 2 The Emergence of a Cascade of European Differentiation -- 2.1 The Core of the Cascade of European Differentiation -- 2.2 The Polish Variant -- 2.3 The Hungarian Variant -- 2.4 The Bohemian Variant -- 3 Summary -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.