The Market and the Oikos, Vol. II : : The Peasant and the Nomad in History / / Hans Derks.

• Superior document: Ideas, History, and Modern China ; 27
• VerfasserIn: Derks, Hans,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Ideas, History, and Modern China ; 27.; Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 pages)

"Both Karl Marx and Max Weber inspired the writing of the two volumes of The Market and the Oikos. Weber coined a market versus oikos contradiction, in which oikos not only means house, household or family, but later also the state, while Marx saw a town versus country antagonism. Both scholars, however, explained insufficiently these most complicated concepts, let alone some mutual relationships. This second volume, The Market and the Oikos, Vol. II: The Peasant and the Nomad in History, continues the analysis of their antagonisms in their mutual relationships by providing the main practical characteristics in different historical, economic and sociological contexts, based on the writing of Max Weber as explained in Vol. I. While the first volume tried to characterize the relationships from economic and historical points of view, this second volume takes a historical/sociological angle. In both volumes, Hans Derks' argument proceeds from early world historical examples to the present context of contemporary China, stressing the highly neglected role of nomads in history"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Hans Derks -- Copyright page / Hans Derks -- Preface / Hans Derks -- Part 1 The Definition of Realities / Hans Derks -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Hans Derks -- Part 2 Peasant Societies in Antiquity / Hans Derks -- Chapter 2 Landscape with Cows, Seascape with Ships / Hans Derks -- Chapter 3 The Little Acre of the Gods / Hans Derks -- Chapter 4 Autarkeia in Greek Theory and Practice / Hans Derks -- Chapter 5 Aristotle and the 'Milkmen' / Hans Derks -- Chapter 6 A Beautiful Evil / Hans Derks -- Part 3 The State and Its Minorities / Hans Derks -- Chapter 7 The State, the "Biblical Peasants" and Beyond / Hans Derks -- Chapter 8 How to Sedentarize Mobile Interests / Hans Derks -- Part 4 Nomadic Societies in Asian History / Hans Derks -- Chapter 9 Elementary Characteristics of Mobile Societies / Hans Derks -- Chapter 10 Nomadic Sex in Bible and in Semiotics / Hans Derks -- Chapter 11 Linguistics of Death and Domination / Hans Derks -- Part 5 The Market and the Oikos: An Epilogue / Hans Derks -- Chapter 12 An Irrational Market versus a Rational Oikos ? USA versus China? / Hans Derks -- Chapter 13 Epilogue / Hans Derks -- Bibliography / Hans Derks -- Index / Hans Derks.