Merchant, soldier, sage
Subtitle: a new history of power
By: David Priestland
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781846144851
Subjects: Modern History; Economic history; Power (Social sciences); History; Elite (Social sciences); Social structure; Social values
Description: 'Merchant, Soldier, Sage' proposes a radical new approach to how we see our world, and who runs it, in the vein of Francis Fukuyama's 'The End of History'. David Priestland argues for the predominance in any society of one of three broad value systems - that of the merchant, the soldier and the sage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315) and index.