At 11:39 AM 30/10/96 -0700, Albert J Bergesen wrote:
>
>My guess is that the growing evidence of Asian economic activity and the
>lack of European exceptionalism in mode of production and religion make
>the received theory from Marx to Weber to today that something
>special happened in Europe that then, like a social virus, swirled out to
>engulf the world, seem increasingly outmoded. This is the deep suspicion
>that has led to this questioning of WST.
>
My goodness! if this were true then WST would have been much less W that the
rest of us had given you credit for.
-dlj.
P.S.: "Lack of exceptionalism"?? I love it. Is this English for "que sera
sera"?
-d.