| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 527 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in critical social sciences,
1573-4234 ;
v. 28
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Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 28.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-517) 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western.
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Civilization, Western. |
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Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
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Civilization, Western -- Historiography. |
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Civilization, Western -- Philosophy.
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Civilization, Western -- Philosophy. |
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Eurocentrism.
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Eurocentrism. |
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Multiculturalism.
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Multiculturalism. |
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Liberty -- History.
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Liberty. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Duchesne, Ricardo. Uniqueness of Western civilization. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004192485 (DLC) 2010047453 (OCoLC)688559384 |
| ISBN |
9789004192485 (electronic book) |
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9004192484 (electronic book) |
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9789004194618 (electronic book) |
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9004194614 (electronic book) |
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1283120453 |
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9781283120456 |
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