Call for book critics

Prof.Johan Galtung, a Director of Peace Institute (Oslo) will come 
to Forth Worth (Nov.11-14, SSHA, Macrohistorical Dynamics Network) to 
take part in a session 'Author meets critics' . The critics of the 
book MACROHISTORY AND MACROHISTORIANS (see below)  are needed, 
preferably with professor or assistent professor position.
 I ask volunteers to send me personal info with such data as 
position, institution, postal address and maybe books written in a 
similar field (for resending this info to Prof.Galtung).    The book 
discussion is expected to be presented in the journal Social Science 
History. 

May I remind also that it is high time to submit (the deadline is 
Feb.1) a paper title and personal data for Macrohistorical Dynamic 
sessions on SSHA Meeting in  Fort Worth (Texas,November 11-14, 1999). 
 The address for Web-submission (with all information) is:

http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~ssha 

(Choose  there  'paper proposal' in the left frame and 'submit 
paper' in the next page)

thanks,
nikolai rozov
rozov@nsu.ru

>
>MACROHISTORY AND MACROHISTORIANS:
>Perspectives on Individual, Social and Civilizational Change
>
>	Johan Galtung and Sohail Inayatullah
>
>	While sensitive to empiricist and postmodern debates on the problematic
nature of history, Galtung and Inayatullah avoid being trapped by these
positions and instead take us deep into the theories and visions of some of
humanity's `macrohistorians' - twenty of its most fascinating and
penetrating thinkers.
>	Through an analysis of the theories of macrohistory of such luminaries as
Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, St. Augustine, Ibn Khaldun, Giambatista Vico, Adam Smith,
G.W.F. Hegel, Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Vilfredo Pareto,
Max Weber, Rudolf Steiner, Oswald Spengler, Teilhard de Chardin, Pitirim
Sorokin, Arnold Toynbee, Antonio Gramsci, Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, and Riane
Eisler, authors/editors Johan Galtung and Sohail Inayatullah articulate a
new theory of macrohistory, of grand social change.
>	They argue that a complete macrohistory is one that has linear, cyclical
and transcendental dimensions. A complete macrohistory theorizes and
describes why and how collectivities move through space and time. Galtung
and Inayatullah argue that the real use of macrohistory is to not only find
meaning in the past so as to create new possibilities of meaning for the
future, but to reduce suffering - macrohistory is essentially about
understanding and changing the human condition.
>	Presentations of macrohistorians focus on their personal biography,
theory of knowledge, shape of history, stages of history, basic metaphors,
causes and mechanisms of change, and visions of the future.  
>	Along with sociological comparisons, synergies between macrohistorians,
the relationship between biography and macrohistory as well as insights
macrohistorians can offer to world history and the future are offered.
Pictorial respresentations of the twenty macrohistories are provided by
architect Daniela Minerbi.
>	The analysis is unique as, along with Western perspectives,
macrohistorians from Islamic, Indic, and Sinic civilizations are presented
as are feminist and Gaian approaches. 
>	This book will be of interest to historians, sociologists, political
scientists, cultural theorists and futurists - to all those concerned with
the grand schemes of historical social change from Western and Non-Western
perspectives.
>
>Remarkable ... The best think of its sort I've ever seen and destined to
become the classic reference in history and futures studies.  
>
>David Loye, Board of Editors, World Futures.
>
>Galtung and Inayatullah assemble impressive analysis on the ideas and
lives of 20 macrohistorians, with pictorial representation on how these
worldviews of historical change differ ... an awesome analysis, worthy of
its immodest topic.
>
>Michael Marien, editor Futures Survey
>
>Johan Galtung, Sohail Inayatullah, and the other authors of Macrohistory
and Macrohistorians demonstrate yet again that each generation may give new
perspectives to ideas that we thought we understood. From Ssu-ma Ch'ien and
Augustine to Marx, Sorokin, and Sarkar, these authors give us brilliant,
21st-century insights into theories of social and civilizational change.
Throughout, the authors maintan views that are both sensitive to the coming
future and informed by an understanding of the worldwide unities of
humankind. This is a book that belongs in the library of every scholar.
>
>Wendell Bell, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Yale
>
>Richly eclectic, Macrohistory and Macrohistorians is an indispensible
addition to the historical, sociological, peace and futures literature. It
invites dialogue on our ways of knowing about social change, historical
dynamics and violent and non-violent futures. Drawing on the writings of
macro or big-picture histories, it offers fascinating insights about
various civilizational traditions and theorizing about social change
processes. It highlights the limitations of Western-centric claims to
correctly know the patternings of history whilst raising the challenge of
moving beyond hard deterministic thinking.
>
>Dr. Francis P. Hutchinson, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Inquiry,
University of Western Sydney, Australia. Author of Educating Beyond Violent
Futures.
>
>A beautifully written book that succeeds in bringing together in a
systematic manner the major theories of historical evolution ... a
path-breaking work.
>
>Thorsteinn Thorgeirsson, Senior Economist, OECD, Paris
>
>I was awed by Inayatullah and Galtung's extraordinary job in capturing a
panoramic sweep of history. This work is truly an amazing tour de force. I
was especially struck by the elegant simplicity of the graphic depictions
by Daniela Rocco Minerbi. 
>
>I have learned to appreciate and now will include in the circle of greats,
those Eastern thinkers whose works I regretfully neglected. Many, many
thanks for those wonderful depictions - and mercifully short narrative
characterizations - of great thinkers' monumental works. Once I started
reading the book, I found that I could hardly put it down. 
>
>Graham T.T. Molitor
>President, Public Policy Forecasting, Co-editor, Macmillan Encyclopedia of
the Future, Vice-president, World Future Society
>
>Macrohistory and Macrohistorians is a rich exploration of patterns in
history through the works of twenty macrohistorians from a variety of
cultures and eras. The book is particularly valuable for the way it
synthesizes the contributions of each and includes interpretative chapters
that explore their significance. This is a coherent and rare guide to big
picture thinking and hence essential groundwork to underpin the long view
ahead. A magnificent achievement.
>
>Richard A. Slaughter, Director, Futures Study Centre, Melbourne. Author of
the Foresight Principle an editor of New Thinking for a New Millennium and
The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies - Vol. 1-3
>
>Sohail Inayatullah and Johan Galtung have done us a great service that
they have produced a book, which summarizes knowledge of some of the most
important ideas of the world's greatest thinkers in one volume. If the book
is ignored it will be unfortunate for us.
>
>Professor Tariq Rahman, Department of Linguistics, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad, Pakistan
>
>A very impressive synthesis, a monumental integration   I expect to use
and refer to it many times.
>
>Duane Elgin, Author of Awakening Consciousness and Voluntary Simplicity
>
>This is a book of spectacular scope, crossing historical eras, cultures
and nations. It is a  work of  considerable scholarship. It has broadened
my understanding of macrohistory, history, and especially of knowledge and
theory-building. 
>
>Bob Dick, Action Research Scholar, Griffith University and Southern Cross
University, Australia 
>
>As a teacher and student of world history, I find Macrohistory and
Macrohistorians a useful and stimulating discussion of many of its classic
paradigms from antiquity to the present day. Highly  recommended!
>
>Professor Warren Wagar,
>State University New York - Binghamton
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>MACROHISTORY AND MACROHISTORIANS:
>Perspectives on Individual, Social and Civilizational Change
>
>by Johan Galtung and Sohail Inayatullah
>(with contributions by Daniel Campbell, Riane Eisler, Marsha Hansen, Chris
Jones, Daniela Minerbi, Claus Otto Scharmer, Brian Shetler and Chang Xie)
>
>Price: $65, Isbn: 0-275-95755-1,  Westport, Connecticut, London, Praeger,
1997  
>
>Available from Greenwood Publishing Group - 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box
5007. Westport, CT, 06881-5007. Tel: 1 (203) 226-3571. Fax: 1 (203)
222-1502. www.greenwood.com
>
>Available in Australia from DA Information Services, 648 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria, 3132. Tel: 61-3-9872-4555, Fax: 61-3-9210-7778 or
service@dadirect.com.au. Available post free in Europe from
wepl-orders@eurospan.co.uk and in Southeast Asia, Fax: 65-338-0073 and
chris.anthony@rapa.com.sg.
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Sohail Inayatullah
The Communication Centre, Queensland University of Technology
GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001
Tel: 61 7 3864 1115/2192;(w) 61 7 3899 5641 (h); Fax: 61 7 3864 1813
email: s.inayatullah@qut.edu.au; www.others.com; www.ru.org

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ADDRESS: Philosophy Dept. Novosibirsk State University     
630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2, RUSSIA

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