The Third World.: A Vital New Force in International Affairs (Nature of Human Society) - Hardcover

Worsley, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226907511 ISBN 13: 9780226907512

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1970

Synopsis

Today 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 affairs the "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 the world between the developed, industrialized, 'affluent' countries and "les nations proletaires," can afford to miss this book. . . . Professor Worsley has succeeded in giving us more solid information about underdeveloped parts of the world than can be found in any other book of comparable length." "The Times Literary Supplement " "Peter Worsley . . . has written an excellent descriptive analysis of the evolution and present state of a third force in world politics. Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have . . . given society not only a new philosophy with new goals but charismatic philosophers who have the potential to make the philosophy of the third world a vital presence to be reckoned with. . . . a brilliant book." Peter Schwab, "Journal of Modern African Studies ""

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About the Author:

Peter 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0226907511
• ISBN 13: 9780226907512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2