The Structure of World History

I cannot rate this book. Mostly due to my lack of familiarity with all the references Karatani syncretizes in this book, but also because I think audio is not the right format for grasping Karatani's complex argument. I feel as if I only understand the broadest strokes of his argument about moving from production to exchange, even though I do understand how challenging it is to conventional thought. This book should come with a prerequisite reading list. Thus, I cannot give it a fair critique, and will reserve from assigning any stars.