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The cultural values of Europe /

What is the cultural identity of Europe? Are there specifically European values? Questions like these are at the centre of a considerable number of political and scholarly debates in contemporary Europe. Contributors examine the most important innovations and culturally vital value traditions of Eur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen, Forum für Verantwortung. Conference
Otros Autores: Joas, Hans, 1948- (Editor ), Wiegandt, Klaus (Editor ), Skinner, Alex (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2008.
Edición:First English edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The axial age in world history / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
  • Judeo-Christian tradition / Wolfgang Huber
  • The Greco-Roman tradition / Christian Meier
  • How Europe became diverse : on the medieval roots of the plurality of values / Michael Borgolte
  • Freedom, slavery, and the modern construction of rights / Orlando Patterson
  • The value of introspection / Kurt Flasch
  • Rationality
  • a specifically European characteristic? / Wolfgang Schluchter
  • The affirmation of ordinary life / Wolfgang Reinhard
  • Inner nature and social normativity : the idea of self-realization / Christophe Menke
  • The status of the Enlightenment in German history / Reinhart Koselleck
  • The dark continent
  • Europe and totalitarianism / Mark Mazower
  • Value change in Europe from the perspective of empirical social research / Helmut Thome
  • The realities of cultural struggles / Dieter Senghaas
  • The contest of values : notes on contemporary Islamic discourse / Gudrun Kramer
  • Does Europe have a cultural identity? / Peter Wagner.