The uniqueness of Western civilization / by Ricardo Duchesne.

• 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.

Ämnesord

Kulturliv  (sao)

Samhällsliv  (sao)

Civilization, Western.  (LCSH)

Eurocentrism.  (LCSH)

Multiculturalism.  (LCSH)

Civilization, Western  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Civilization, Western  -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Liberty  -- Western countries -- History. (LCSH)

Manners and customs  (LCSH)

Västerlandet  -- historia (sao)

Klassifikation

CB245 (LCC)

909/.09821 (DDC)

N (kssb/8 (machine generated))