Capitalism is a product of European civilization, not its creator

Evidence

European civilization is not the product of capitalism. On the contrary, the character of capitalism can only be understood in the social and historical context of its appearance. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 197

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core thesis statement reversing common causality: capitalism emerges from, not creates, European social forms.
• XREF: connects to: European hegemony resulted from mercantile capitalism, not inherent cultural superiority; European chauvinism dates only from industrialization, not before