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Invention of Power : Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2022, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPublic Affairs

ISBN-101541768752

ISBN-139781541768758

eBay Product ID (ePID)18050411713

Product Key Features

Book TitleInvention of Power : Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicPolitical Economy, Europe / Western, Christianity / General, Europe / Medieval

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Political Science, History

AuthorBruce Bueno De Mesquita

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight20.4 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-033991

Reviews"[I]ntriguing... [H]e builds a solid case... Medieval history buffs will be impressed."-- Publishers Weekly

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal909.09821

SynopsisWestern exceptionalism-the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent-is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others.Yet in The Invention of Power , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita draws on his expertise in political maneuvering, deal-making, and game theory to present a revolutionary new theory of Western exceptionalism: that a single, rarely discussed event in the twelfth century changed the course of European and world history. By creating a compromise between churches and nation-states that, in effect, traded money for power and power for money, the 1122 Concordat of Worms incentivized economic growth, facilitated secularization, and improved the lot of the citizenry, all of which set European countries on a course for prosperity. In the centuries since, countries that have had a similar dynamic of competition between church and state have been consistently better off than those that have not. The Invention of Power upends conventional thinking about European culture, religion, and race and presents a persuasive new vision of world history., In the tradition of Why Nations Fail , this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Western exceptionalism--the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent--is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and havoc in others. Yet in The Invention of Power , Bruce Bueno de Mesquita draws on his expertise in political maneuvering, deal-making, and game theory to present a revolutionary new theory of Western exceptionalism: that a single, rarely discussed event in the twelfth century changed the course of European and world history. By creating a compromise between churches and nation-states that, in effect, traded money for power and power for money, the 1122 Concordat of Worms incentivized economic growth, facilitated secularization, and improved the lot of the citizenry, all of which set European countries on a course for prosperity. In the centuries since, countries that have had a similar dynamic of competition between church and state have been consistently better off than those that have not. The Invention of Power upends conventional thinking about European culture, religion, and race and presents a persuasive new vision of world history.

LC Classification NumberBR115.C5B84 2022