The uniqueness of Western civilization [electronic resource] /
by Duchesne, Ricardo; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Studies in critical social sciences: v. 28.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011Description: xi, 527 p.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Civilization, Western | Civilization, Western -- Historiography | Civilization, Western -- Philosophy | Eurocentrism | Multiculturalism | Liberty -- Western countries -- History | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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