A Calculus of Power keyword-violence Throughout his work the dominant

Throughout his work the dominant theme has been his argument that the “prime mover” in the development of medieval society was the conflict between landlords and peasants over the appropriation of the peasants’ surplus product

In a series of coruscating set pieces he asks why we put ourselves through the pains of exercise

both in contemporary society and in history

and theories of multiple modernities to argue in favor of a multipolar world with a real cultural and political pluralism

A Calculus of Power keyword-violence Throughout his work the dominantIn this wide ranging and incisive collection, Peter Gowan traces the contours of the world order that emerged after the end of the Cold War and assesses its prospects in the light of the global economic downturn. Arguing that the present inter state system was shaped from the outset by Washingtons drive to maintain its status as global hegemon, Gowan dissects several cherished myths of the liberal mainstream, offering a radical counter history of the