Back تاريخي كلي Arabic সামষ্টিক ইতিহাস Bengali/Bangla Makrogeschichte German Makrohistoria Finnish Macrohistoire French Macrostoria Italian Makrohistorie NB Análise macro-histórica Portuguese Макроистория Russian Макроисторија Serbian
Macrohistory seeks out large, long-term trends in world history in search of ultimate patterns by a comparison of proximate details.[1] It favors a comparative or world-historical perspective to determine the roots of changes as well as the developmental paths of society or a historical process.[1]
A macrohistorical study might examine Japanese feudalism and European feudalism to decide whether feudal structures are an inevitable outcome because of certain conditions. Macrohistorical studies often "assume that macro-historical processes repeat themselves in explainable and understandable ways."[2] The approach can identify stages in the development of humanity as a whole such as the large-scale direction towards greater rationality, greater liberty or the development of productive forces and communist society, among others.[3]
- ^ a b Li, Huaiyin (2019). The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138362444.
- ^ Matthew C. Wells, Ph.D., Parallelism: A Handbook of Social Analysis. Archived August 24, 2011.
- ^ Morris, Irwin; Oppenheimer, Joe; Soltan, Karol (2004). Politics from Anarchy to Democracy: Rational Choice in Political Science. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 0804745838.