On the Shoulders of Merchants

On the Shoulders of MerchantsThis book shows how the universal quantification of science resulted from the routinization of commercial practices that were familiar in scientist's daily lives. Following the work of Franz Borkenau and Jacob Klein in the 1930s, the book describes the rise of the mechanistic world view as a reification of relations of exchange in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Critical of more orthodox, positivist Marxist accounts of the rise of science, it

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it finds that British imperialists amplified ethnonationalism to protect their interests after decolonisation

logical format is peppered with evidence-based information and helpful practical tips throughout

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an MA in sociology from the University of Rhode Island