1. Global Modernity: Historical Interpretations Dr. Paul Tonks Associate Professor of History Underwood International College Associate Dean for International Affairs Yonsei University

2. James Wilson (1805-1860) http://www.telegraphindia. com/1090811/jsp/calcutta/ story_11343895.jsp

3. Conceptual & Historiographical Terms that we can use and debate to understand the World. How do we understand the world now? How can we speculate on future processes? Answer: History of how the 'Modern' World came to be shaped the way it is now: Globalized industrial capitalism and International System of Nation-States = 'Modern' World Order

4. E. P. Thompson (1924-1993) Leading British historian and activist: 'Moral Economy' to 'Political Economy' (1971 Article)

5. 'Modernity' and 'Global Order' See Jack Goody, 'Capitalism and Modernity: The Great Debate' Danger of (Mis)Interpretation: Eurocentrism and 'The Rise of the West'

6. Max Weber (1864-1920) 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' (1904- 1905) 'Modernity' vs. 'Tradition'

7. Carl J. Friedrich (1901-1984) 'Tradition and Authority' (London & New York, 1971) http://www.life.com/image/50666904

8. 'Urbanisation' & 'Industralisation' Thomas Malthus (1766- 1834) : professor of History & Political Economy at Haileybury College (East India Company school): 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798)

9. Historian: Robert B. Marks The Origins of the Modern World: Fate and Fortune in the Rise of the West

10. Adam Smith (1723-1790) 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ (Glasgow, 1776)

11. Karl Marx (1818-1883) & Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) The Communist Manifesto (1848)

13. David Ricardo (1772-1823) Systematisation of Laissez- faire Economics

14. Exceptionalism Why one area is different/unique? General: 'Western' Exceptionalism Specific: English Exceptionalism Why was England different? Why was it the first Industrial Country in the World? Key set of Ideas in thinking about English History and Identity

15. Nationalism & Modernity Ernest Gellner (1925-1995): author of 'Nations and Nationalism‘ http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/gellner/ Eric Hobsbawm (born 1917, died 2012): author of 'The Age of Extremes' and co-editor (with Terence Ranger) of 'The Invention of Tradition' Benedict Anderson (born 1936): author of 'Imagined Communities'

16. Scottish Enlightenment

17. 'The Great Transformation’ published in 1944 by Karl Polanyi (1886-1964)

18. Modernity and the Market Key Aspect of Modern World Order = 'Self-Regulating Market' and the 'Liberal State’ Disembedding of Market and Society

19. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) Utilitarianism: 'The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number' Key Principle: (An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789)

20. C. A. Bayly Professor Sir Christopher Bayly at St Catharine's College, Cambridge http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/acade mic_staff/further_details/bayly.ht ml

21. State-building and Global Modernity

22. Angus Maddison (1926-2010) British Economist on quantitative macroeconomic history Former Assistant Director of the Economic Development Department at the OECD Professor at the University of Groningen from 1978 to 1997, and a founder of the Groningen Growth and Development Center http://www.economist.com/node /16004937?story_id=16004937

23. Problems of Exceptionalism Narrative/Interpretation Need Comparisons to understand any country and how it may (or may not) be Unique/Exceptional

24. Historical Demography, Political Arithmetic Sir William Petty (1623- 1687) Statistical Analysis: National Wealth and Power

25. The State as Historical Actor is Crucial Key Sector = Poverty and Social Welfare. Difference between 'Modern World', especially British Government role in the second half of the 20th Century and nature of Government in Britain prior to 1800.

26. State and Bureaucracy Key focus of Max Weber. What defines Government and Society as Modern? 'Liberal' (= ‘non-interventionist’) State

27. Empire & Colonies Greater Power of State overseas, but affected Imperial country at Home also. Analysis of 'Centre' and 'Periphery'

28. Michel Foucault (1926-1984) French philosopher and historian. 'Governmentality' in Lectures on 'Security, Territory and Population' (1977-78). Biopolitics and the Welfare State

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