The Global History Manifesto

Download or read book The Global History Manifesto written by Martin Lund and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, in a sentence, claims that an ahistorical and ill informed doom and gloom atmosphere in Western public debate threatens to turn into a selffulfilling prophecy; that a new 'Global Optimism Literature' represented by e. g. Hans Rosling and Steven Pinker, based on vast historical sources and social scientific data fortunately intends to correct this misperception; that the also newly emerged sub-discipline of Global History in spite of severe birth diseases could contribute substantially to this mission; and when it all comes down to it: do we have a choice anyway?