The Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1DW, United Kingdom.
Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Nov 20;42:e193. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19000281.
What impelled the Industrial Revolution's spectacular economic growth? Life History Theory, Baumard argues, explains how England's world-supreme affluence psychologically fostered innovation; moreover, wherever similar affluence abounds, a "civilizing process" bringing enlightenment and democracy is apt to evolve. Baumard insightfully analyzes a "constellation of affluence" but proffers somewhat whiggish history given England's prior and unique proto-capitalist culture of economic liberty and individualism.
是什么推动了工业革命的惊人经济增长？鲍马德认为，生命史理论解释了英国世界最高水平的富裕如何在心理上促进了创新；此外，在任何类似的富裕普遍存在的地方，都会出现一个带来启蒙和民主的“文明进程”。鲍马德敏锐地分析了“富裕的星座”，但鉴于英国先前独特的原始资本主义经济自由和个人主义文化，他提供的历史观点有些进步主义。
