The Theory of Social Revolutions
Brooks Adams (1848-1927), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles. First, masses of people draw together in large population centers and engage in commercial activities. As their desire for wealth grows, they discard spiritual and creative values. Their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty, and eventually the society crumbles. In The Law of Civilisation and Decay (1895), Adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west, centers of world trade shifted from Constantinople to Venice to Amsterdam to London. He predicted in America’s Economic Supremacy (1900) that New York would become the centre for world trade. The Theory of Social Revolutions was written in 1913. (Wikipedia)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History, Political Science
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 01 | Prefatory note & THE COLLAPSE OF CAPITALISTIC GOVERNMENT | Nathalie J. |
00:49:22 |
| Play 02 | THE LIMITATIONS OF THE JUDICIAL FUNCTION | Nathalie J. |
00:59:11 |
| Play 03 | AMERICAN COURTS AS LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS | Nathalie J. |
01:08:33 |
| Play 04 | THE SOCIAL EQUILIBRIUM | Nathalie J. |
00:35:46 |
| Play 05 | POLITICAL COURTS | Nathalie J. |
00:54:48 |
| Play 06 | INFERENCES | Nathalie J. |
00:33:28 |