約翰·霍布森（John M Hobson）．英國謝菲爾德大學政治與國際關係學高級講師．著有《國傢財富：國際經濟和政治變化中的比較社會學》（1997）、《國傢與國際關係》（2000），與林達·維斯（Linda Weiss）閤著《國傢與經濟發展：一種曆史比較分析》（1995），與史蒂夫·霍布頓（Steve Hobden）閤編《國際關係的曆史料會學》（2002）。

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. It is often assumed that since Ancient Greek times Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander in the story of progressive world history. Hobson argues that there were two processes that enabled the Rise of the 'Oriental West'. First, each major developmental turning point in Europe was informed in large part by the assimilation of Eastern inventions (e.g. ideas, technologies and institutions) which diffused from the more advanced East across the Eastern-led global economy between 500-1800. Second, the construction of European identity after 1453 led to imperialism, through which Europeans appropriated many Eastern resources (land, labour and markets). Hobson's book thus propels the hitherto marginalised Eastern peoples to the forefront of the story of progress in world history.