The Europeanization of the World : On the Origins of Human Rights and Democracy /

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"The Europeanization of the World puts forward a defense of Western civilization and the unique gifts it has bequeathed to the world - in particular, human rights and constitutional democracy - at a time when many around the globe equate the West with hubris and thinly veiled imperialism. John...

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Autor principal: Headley, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cultuur.
Internationalisatie.
Mensenrechten.
Democratie.
Politische Kultur
Humanismus
Renaissance
Menschenrecht
Kultur
Globalisierung
Demokratie
Human rights.
Globalization > Political aspects.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
democracy.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Democracy
Human Rights
Europa.
Europa (geografie)
Westliche Welt
Europa
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations ; Preface ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 The Renaissance Defining and Engagement of the Global Arena of Humanity ; Imperial and Global Motifs in the Advent of the New Geography ; The Fully Habitable World for Renaissance Europe.
  • Chapter 2 The Universalizing Principle and the Idea of a Common Humanity The Universalizing Process: From Christendom to the Civilization of Europeans ; The Career of Natural Rights in the Early Modern Period.
  • Chapter 3 The Emergence of Politically Constituted Dissent in the European World The Initial Constituting of Political Dissent: Thomas More's Horrific Vision ; Party and Opposition in the Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American Experience ; Aftermath ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography.

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