The General Course of World History (Outline of the Main Historical Periods)

Readers are invited to book an outstanding Russian historian, sociologist and philosopher NI Kareeva, which provides an overview of world history from the time of ancient civilizations until the end of the XIX century. At the beginning of the book explains the importance of a world-historical point of view. The author proves the necessity of studying the general course of history, the problem of the philosophy of history, describes two ways of constructing a philosophical world-historical process. It also analyzes some of the objections against the world-historical point of view; It criticizes the traditional division of history into ancient, middle and new, considering this division is unscientific. A separate essay in the book devoted to the consideration of Russia's place in world history. The book is recommended to historians of all disciplines, students and teachers of the history departments of universities, all interested readers.