SOME thirty years ago, in a heated debate before the Sociological Society of Budapest (sometimes called the Hungarian Fabians), this writer spoke of the fundamental sickness of Hungary and called it ...

Feudalism in Europe declined due to a combination of social, economic, and political changes that transformed medieval society. The rise of a money-based economy weakened the manorial system as ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal structure ...

Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here, has received a positive preliminary evaluation for UNESCO World Heritage status, the Cultural Affairs Agency announced on Oct. 9.

Alexis de Tocqueville never wrote about Japan, but his warnings about democracy, centralization, and soft despotism found an ...

A new book defends a Marxist theory of the origins of capitalism. Along the way it shows why understanding the transition ...