Endogenous and Exogenous Aspects of the European Transition to Capitalism

Abstract

There are many analytical insights to be gained from an endogenous approach to the problem of European transition to capitalism, focusing upon the internal structures and cultural practices of the various emergent nation-states of post-feudal Europe. The endogenous nation-state framework, inherited from nineteenth-century evolutionary thought, is nonetheless inadequate as a means of investigating the European or international character and context of transition.