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Author:
Duchesne, Ricardo.
Title:
The uniqueness of Western civilization / by Ricardo Duchesne.
Publisher:
Brill,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xi, 527 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Western--Historiography.
Civilization, Western--Philosophy.
Eurocentrism.
Multiculturalism.
Liberty--Western countries--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Series:
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 28
ISBN:
9004192484 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004192485 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)688559384
LCCN:
2010047453
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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