The uniqueness of Western civilization /

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After challenging the multicultural effort to "provincialize" the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West's exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duchesne, Ricardo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 28.
Temas:
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Western > Historiography.
Civilization, Western > Philosophy.
Eurocentrism.
Multiculturalism.
Liberty > History.
Civilisation occidentale.
Civilisation occidentale > Historiographie.
Civilisation occidentale > Philosophie.
Eurocentrisme.
Multiculturalisme.
Liberté > Histoire.
multiculturalism.
HISTORY > World.
Civilization, Western
Civilization, Western > Historiography
Civilization, Western > Philosophy
Eurocentrism
Liberty
Multiculturalism
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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