Frank, A. Gunder. (1993). Bronze Age world system cycles. Current Anthropol 34 (4). Vol 34(4), pp. 383-429.
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Bronze Age world system cycles | |||||
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Current Anthropol 34 (4) | |||||
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Current Anthropology | |||||
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34 (4) | |||||
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383 - 429 | |||||
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An exploration of the geographical extent of the `World System', dating its cyclical ups and downs during the BA and, in a preliminary way, the EIA. It encompasses much of Afro-Eurasia as a single world system and identifies system-wide economic and political cycles from over 5,000 years ago. There follows a `Comments' section (405--25) beginning with Guillermo Algaze (405--6) who disagrees with the idea of an all-encompassing world system for ancient times, preferring the idea of several overlapping systems existing at the same time. J A Barceló (406--7) cautions that there are fundamental differences between socio-economic conditions in the BA and those of the present day which must be taken into account before constructing such a system, whilst conceding that it serves as a useful heuristic device. Christopher Chase-Dunn (407--8) prefers to view world system models as comparative, rather than continuationist, and emphasises the importance of climate change as a factor in socio-economic development and variation. Christopher Edens (408--9) welcomes the construct in so far as it stimulates debate, despite cautioning that this particular model may have overstretched its credibility. Jonathan Friedman (409--10) appreciates the approach but finds detail lacking clarification in a number of areas. Antonio Gilman (410) questions whether the original author has justified his claim to there having been an inter-connected economic unit in the Near East, Europe and Asia in the fourth and third millennia BC, and further that such empirical generalisation ignores inherent variability. Chris Gosden (410--11) criticises the emphasis on present day conditions in the structure of the model. A F Harding (411--12) ventures that the reality of past and present day societies is often more haphazard than theories such as world systems can allow for and thus questions its basic usefulness. Alexander H Joffe (412--13) deems world systems theory as presented in the preceding paper over-simplistic but concedes its heuristic use. A Bernard Knapp (413--14) sees great potential in the approach which could have been realised as a major contribution to the period and area of study with better evidence. Philip L Kohl (414--15) applauds the search for a broader patterns with which to interpret, but in this instance doubts the validity of a BA world system orchestrating the development of world history. Kristian Kristiansen (415) considers the work valuable, but sees the need for further development before it can be made usefully applicable to specific areas of BA study. C C Lamberg-Karlovsky (415--16) acknowledges that there are similarities between prehistoric and modern socio-economics but finds the idea of cyclicity unconvincing. J R McNeill (416--17) sees a unique socio-economic core and climatic change as being the only two factors that could really produce common cycles. J D Muhly (417--18) finds the approach interesting but lacking substantiation. Andrew Sherratt & Susan Sherratt (418--19) observe that the development of economic and other interdisciplinary theories with respect to the past necessitate the concomitant development of a more unified synthesis of archaeological evidence for scholars from other disciplines to work with. Finally, Andre Gunder Frank replies to his critics (419--25) welcoming such diverse opinion. | |||||
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1993 | |||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
