ENCOUNTERS WITH MAJOR SOCIAL THEORISTS

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André Béteille (1935- )

'André Béteille and Alexis de Tocqueville' (Andre Beteille) in  Ramachandra Guha  and  J. Parry (eds), Institutions and  Inequalities  in South  Asia: Essays  Presented to André Béteille,  (Oxford  U.P.,Delhi,  1999)

Louis Dumont (1911 - 199?)

'Louis  Dumont  and  the  Origins  of  Individualism',  Cambridge Anthropology, vol 16, no.1. 1993

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)

'Maitland and Durkheim' (from THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD, Palgrave, London, 2002)

'Emile Durkheim and the Riddle of the Modern World', rough draft paper,with extra sections, unpublished, 2000.

Lecture 6. Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) [film]

Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901)

Yukichi Fukuzawa and the Making of the Modern World edited version of the published book 'The Making of the Modern World' reproduced as an eBook.

From THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD (Palgrave, London, 2002)

Preface to a study of Yukichi Fukuzawa

Yukichi Fukuzawa and the Making of the Modern World

Early Experience and Character

Travels and Comparisons

The Making of a New Japan

The Essence of the Modern World

Liberty, Equality and Human Relations

How the Modern World was Made (Maitland and Fukuzawa)

Bibliography of 'Making of the Modern World'

Yukichi Fukuzawa’s ideas on family and the history of civilization by Professor Toshiko Nakamura, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan [March 2007]

Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) [link to Gellner Resource Page]

'Ernest Gellner and the Escape to Modernity', in Power,  Wealth and  Belief:  Essays in Honour of Ernest Gellner,  (eds.)  J.A. Hall  & I.C. Jarvie (Cambridge,1992) [Reprinted, with reply by Gellner, in THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF ERNEST GELLNER, eds. Hall and Jarvie, Posnan Press, 1996]

Review of 'The Conditions of Liberty' in Reviews in History, (http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/ihr/reviews/reviews.mnu.html)

Obituary of Ernest Gellner in King's College, Cambridge, Annual Report, 1996; Cambridge Review, 117, no.2328, Nov. 1996

'Ernest Gellner and the Conditions of the Exit' (from THE RIDDLE OF THE MODERN WORLD, Macmillan, 2000)

Lecture 8. Ernest Gellner (1925-1995) [film]

Brief Memories of Ernest Gellner From Cambridge Anthropology, vol.19, no.2, 1996/7 , Ernest Gellner Memorial Issue, edited by André Czegledy

Ernest Gellner: Some reflexions twenty-six years on from his death - 2021

David Hume (1711-1776)

'David Hume and the political economy of agrarian civilization', History of European Ideas, 27 (2001), 79-91

'Alexander Pope, David Hume and the Mystery of Modernity', [Written in c.1998 as draft of a chapter for 'Riddle of the Modern World', but not used in that book. Parts of treatment of David Hume overlap with another, published article on David Hume]

Norman Jacobs (1924- )

'The Origins of Capitalism in Japan, China and the West: The Work of  Norman  Jacobs',  Cambridge  Anthropology,  Vol.  17,   no.3 (1994)

'A Few First Thoughts about Fernand Braudel and Norman Jacobs' 10.6.1993

Sir Henry Maine (1822-1888)

'Sir Henry James Sumner Maine', Blackwells Dictionary of Anthropology, 1996.

'Some  contributions  of Sir Henry Maine to history  and  anthropology' in The Victorian Achievement of Sir Henry Maine, ed. Alan Diamond (Cambridge U.P. 1991)

'The Legacy of Sir Henry Maine' (from THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD, Palgrave, London, 2002)

F.W.Maitland (1850-1906)

'F.W.Maitland'  in  Great  Historians of  the  Modern  Age,(ed.), L.Boia (Greenwood Press, New York, 1991).

'F.W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World', edited version of the published book 'The Making of the Modern World' reproduced as an eBook.

Nine chapters on Maitland in THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD Palgrave, London, 2002

Preface to a study of F.W.Maitland

F.W.Maitland and the Making of the Modern World

F.W.Maitland and the Riddle of the Modern World

The Legacy of Sir Henry Maine

Life, Work and Methods

Power and Property

Social Relations

The Divergence of Legal Systems

Fellowship and Trust

Maitland and Durkheim

Maitland Assessed

Maitland and Fukuzawa

Extra Lecture. F.W.Maitland (1850-1906) [film]

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)

RESOURCES AND POPULATION; A STUDY OF THE GURUNGS OF CENTRAL NEPAL (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976) (Chapter 16)

MARRIAGE AND LOVE IN ENGLAND, 1300-1840 (Blackwell, 1986) (Chapters 1-3, 14)

'The Malthusian Trap' ch.1 of THE SAVAGE WARS OF PEACE (Blackwells, Oxford, 1997)

Karl Marx (1818-1883)

'Karl Marx and the Origins of Capitalism', unpublished drafts written in 1976, revised in 1991.

Lecture 5. Karl Marx (1818-1883) [film]

Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)

Baron de Montesquieu and the Making of the Modern World edited version of the published book 'The Riddle of the Modern World' reproduced as an eBook.

From THE RIDDLE OF THE MODERN WORLD (Macmillan, London, 2000)

Baron de Montesquieu's Life and Vision

Liberty and Despotism

The Defence of Liberty

Lecture 2. Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) [film]

Adam Smith (1723 - 1790)

'Adam Smith and the Making of the Modern World' edited version of the published book 'The Riddle of the Modern World' reproduced as an eBook.

From THE RIDDLE OF THE MODERN WORLD (Macmillan, London, 2000)

Adam Smith's Life and Vision

Growth and Stasis

Of Wealth and Liberty

From Predation to Production

Lecture 3. Adam Smith (1723-1790) [film]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

'Alexis de Tocqueville and the Making of the Modern World' edited version of the published book 'The Riddle of the Modern World' reproduced as an eBook.

From THE RIDDLE OF THE MODERN WORLD (Macmillan, London, 2000)

Alexis de Tocqueville's Life and Vision

'America' as a Thought Experiment

How the Modern World Emerged

Liberty, Wealth and Equality

Lecture 4. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)

Max Weber (1864-1920)

'Max Weber and the Origins of Capitalism', unpublished draft written and re-written between 1976 and 1990's.

Lecture 7. Max Weber (1864-1920) [film]