The uniqueness of Western civilization
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- ISBN: 9789004232761 (pbk.)
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xi, 527 pages ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2012.
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General Note: | Originally published: 2011. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The fall of Western civilization and the rise of multicultural world history -- Eurocentrism over Sinocentrism -- Whence the industrial divergence? -- The continuous creativity of Europe -- The "rise" of Western reason and freedom -- The restlessness of the Western spirit from a Hegelian perspective -- The aristocratic egalitarianism of Indo-Europeans and the primordial origins of Western civilization -- The emergence of the self from the Western "state of nature" and the conciliation of Christianity and aristocratic liberty. |
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Subject: | Civilization, Western Civilization, Western -- Historiography Civilization, Western -- Philosophy Eurocentrism Multiculturalism Liberty -- History |
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Fort St. James Public Library | 909.0982 DUC (Text) | 35193900001431 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |