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Democracy: A World History by Temma Kaplan, and: Citizens of a Common Intellectual Homeland: The Transatlantic Origins of American Democracy and Nationhood by Armin Mattes, and: The Struggle for Democracy: Paradoxes of Progress and the Politics of Change by Christopher Meckstroth (review)

Democracy: A World History by Temma Kaplan, and: Citizens of a Common Intellectual Homeland: The... will, prizing innovation in every aspect of life, and placing fewer and fewer limits on the pursuit of impossible dreams" (p. 347). Only in the last four pages of his conclusion does Daly belatedly mention that the rise of the West "is leading to environmental catastrophe" (p. 400). For this reviewer, climate change, the rise of sea levels, the rapid spread of lethal pathogens, and so on may cause an enduring challenge not only to the ability of capitalism to continuously reproduce itself in the long run but potentially even to the survival of the human species. Since Daly remains quite optimistic that all these challenges can be met by further economic and technological developments, he would consider it unlikely that increasing socioecological exhaustion may undermine the stability of capitalism as a socioeconomic system. But to me it appears likely to be more a question of time rather than an imponderable. It is a pity that Daly did not consider environmental destruction, pollution, and exhaustion of resources as being intrinsic to the capitalist system itself, as well as to the rise of the West. eric mielants Fairfield University Democracy: A World History. By temma kaplan. Oxford: Oxford University http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press

Democracy: A World History by Temma Kaplan, and: Citizens of a Common Intellectual Homeland: The Transatlantic Origins of American Democracy and Nationhood by Armin Mattes, and: The Struggle for Democracy: Paradoxes of Progress and the Politics of Change by Christopher Meckstroth (review)

Muhlberger, Steven
Journal of World History , Volume 27 (4) – Feb 22, 2016
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will, prizing innovation in every aspect of life, and placing fewer and fewer limits on the pursuit of impossible dreams" (p. 347). Only in the last four pages of his conclusion does Daly belatedly mention that the rise of the West "is leading to environmental catastrophe" (p. 400). For this reviewer, climate change, the rise of sea levels, the rapid spread of lethal pathogens, and so on may cause an enduring challenge not only to the ability of capitalism to continuously reproduce itself in the long run but potentially even to the survival of the human species. Since Daly remains quite optimistic that all these challenges can be met by further economic and technological developments, he would consider it unlikely that increasing socioecological exhaustion may undermine the stability of capitalism as a socioeconomic system. But to me it appears likely to be more a question of time rather than an imponderable. It is a pity that Daly did not consider environmental destruction, pollution, and exhaustion of resources as being intrinsic to the capitalist system itself, as well as to the rise of the West. eric mielants Fairfield University Democracy: A World History. By temma kaplan. Oxford: Oxford University

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Published: Feb 22, 2016

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