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Author Duchesne, Ricardo.

Title The uniqueness of Western civilization [electronic resource] / by Ricardo Duchesne.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description xi, 527 p.
Series Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 28
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 28.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
Civilization, Western -- Philosophy.
Eurocentrism.
Multiculturalism.
Liberty -- Western countries -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004192485 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004194618 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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