The Third World (Nature of Human Society)

ISBN: 0226907538

Author: Worsley, Peter

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About the AuthorPeter Worsley is professor of sociology at Manchester University and president of the British Sociological Association. He is the author of The Trumpet Shall Sound, editor of Introducing Sociology and Modern Sociology, and has contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals and other books.Product DescriptionToday the colonial empires of the world are shrinking, and the new nations which have emerged from the colonial past are rapidly developing into an important force in international affairsthe "third world." They are faced by a common problem, the urgent necessity to transform a peasant society into a modern industrial economy, and they are united by a common outlook, absolute opposition to all forms of colonialism and neocolonialism.In this work Peter Worsley analyzes the unique political forms that have evolved as a result of these two basic conditions. In his view the third world has rejected both of the great ideologies of today. Their new solutions are unique in world history, being based on populism, socialism, and, often, the one-party state, which, although anathema to the Western liberal, is a natural development in societies united by the common enemy of colonialism."No one seriously concerned with the greatest problem of our time, the division of thFrom the Back CoverUntil our day, human society has never existed. Societies, yes; cultures and empires which extended over large areas and influenced millions of people Nor could it be otherwise before the growth of civilization.