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- Making Global Society
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
- Making Global Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Laying the Foundations for Global Society
- Part II The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Material Conditions
- 5a Social Structure I
- 5b Social Structure II
- 6 Where Are We Within the Transition from CAPE to Modernity?
- Conclusions to Part II
- Part III Deep Pluralism
- Part IV Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
4 - Material Conditions
from Part II - The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- Making Global Society
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
- Making Global Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Laying the Foundations for Global Society
- Part II The Transition to Modernity and the Making of Global Society
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Material Conditions
- 5a Social Structure I
- 5b Social Structure II
- 6 Where Are We Within the Transition from CAPE to Modernity?
- Conclusions to Part II
- Part III Deep Pluralism
- Part IV Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Summary
The chapter sets out the material conditions of the transition from the CAPE era to modernity, seeing a transition from the limited energy sources and materials of the CAPE era, to the more or less unlimited energy sources and materials that came into play during the nineteenth century. It looks in detail at the technological developments of the transition period since the early nineteenth century, and at the huge increases in interaction capacity and powers of destruction that these enabled. In material terms, the circumstances of humankind were transformed, but with the costs that the carrying capacity of the planet was overburdened, and humankind put itself at risk of committing species suicide.
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- Making Global SocietyA Study of Humankind Across Three Eras, pp. 165 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023