附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
The political pattern of historical creativity : a theoretical case / Jean Baechler ; Comments / Michael Cook, Mark Elvin, Erich Weede -- Creative clusters, political fragmentation and cultural heterogeneity : an investigative journey through civilizations East and West / Dean Keith Simonton -- Lessons from the history of Imperial China / Pak Hung Mo ; Comments / Mark Elvin, Toby E. Huff, Erich Weede ; Innovations in the Chinese history of science / Li Chen and Ugurlu Soylu -- Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan / Günther Distelrath ; Comment / Ken'ichi Tomobe ; Decentralization in the history of Japan / John Powelson ; Number of eminently creative individuals in the history of Japan / Dean Keith Simonton -- India / Deepak Lal ; Comments / Dietmar Rothermund, Erich Weede -- Islamic statecraft and the Middle East's delayed modernization / Timur Kuran ; Comments / Peter Bernholz, Michael Cook, Mark Elvin, Toby E. Huff, R. Stephen Humphreys, Erich Weede.
摘要:Do political decentralisation and inter-state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter-state competition have been confined to European history.
