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[1st edition]. |
| Description |
428 pages (32 pages of unnumbered plates) ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The rise and fall of Islam ---- Part I: The origins of western civilization --- The background --- The medieval sources of freedom --- The breakdown of the medieval order ---- Part II: The growth of a revolutionary world (1400-1700) --- The Renaissance --- The Protestant Reformation --- The growth of power --- The scientific revolution ---- Part III: The rise of democracy (1700-1800) --- Prelude: The history of England --- The age of Enlightenment --- The age of revolution --- Epilogue: The wave of the future. |
| Summary |
Herbert J. Muller examines the meaning of freedom in the great civilizations of the past including the Sumerian, Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, Persian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman and early Christian. Ranging from the attempts of the cave man to free himself from the tyranny of nature through magic and ritual, to the religious despotism of Byzantium, the author surveys freedom's gains and triumps, its losses and failures. In doing so, he provides the reader with new insight into the meaning and destiny of freedom in Western Civilization. |
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Civilization, Western.
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Liberty.
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Civil rights.
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Civil rights (OCoLC)fst00862627
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Civilization, Western. (OCoLC)fst00863138
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Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
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