长分流——西方与中东世界的制度歧途

• 作 者: 第默尔·库兰
• 机 构: 杜克大学,
• 出 处: 量化历史研究
• 发表日期: 2015年01期
• 关键词: 瓦克夫 西方国家 人文条件 伊斯兰法庭 伊斯兰教法 合伙制企业 管理灵活性 法人企业 企业竞争 继承制度

引言在近代西方崛起的历史大背景下,以中国为代表的东方世界的相对衰落已被彭慕兰形象地称为“大分流”。因为从西方视角看来,历史上的中国一度遥远而神秘,所以当工业革命使得观察的视线遽然拉近的时候,这一“分流”就产生了一种戏剧性的强烈对比。东西方的自然人文条件和发展道路如此不同,而且二者的内部差异也非常明显,以至于在制度、文化的比较上甚至缺乏可通约的话语模式。尽管论者并没有忘

Introduction In the historical context of the rise of the West in the modern era, the relative decline of the East, represented by China, has been vividly described by Pomeranian as the “Great Divide.” Because historically China was once a distant and mysterious point of view from a Western perspective, the “shunting” produced a sharp contrast when the industrial revolution brought the line of sight of observation nearer. The natural and cultural conditions of East and West are so different from those of their development, and the internal differences between the two are so obvious that there is even a lack of models of discourse that can be approached in terms of institutional and cultural comparison. Although the commentator did not forget