The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Ricardo Duchesne, The University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
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Biographical note
Ricardo Duchesne, Ph.D (1994) in Social & Political Thought, York University, is Professor of Sociology at The University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada. He has published numerous articles on the rise of the West.
Readership
Educated laymen, academics, and students interested in the rise of the West, comparative historical sociology, and world history, as well as historians of Europe and Indo-Europeanists.
Reviews
World historians should read Duchesne's controversial book and join him in debate. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
D.M. Fahey (Miami University), Choice, November 2011
D.M. Fahey (Miami University), Choice, November 2011
Table of contents
Preface
1. The Fall of Western Civilization and the Rise of Multicultural World History
2. Eurocentrism over Sinocentrism
3. Whence the Industrial Divergence?
4. The Continuous Creativity of Europe
5. The ‘Rise’ of Western Reason and Freedom
6. The Restlessness of the Western Spirit from a Hegelian Perspective
7. The Aristocratic Egalitarianism of Indo-Europeans and the Primordial Origins of Western Civilization
8. The Emergence of the Self from the Western ‘State of Nature’ and the Conciliation of Christianity and
Aristocratic Liberty
Cited Works
Index
Extensive table of contents can be downloaded under "Extra" on the right.
1. The Fall of Western Civilization and the Rise of Multicultural World History
2. Eurocentrism over Sinocentrism
3. Whence the Industrial Divergence?
4. The Continuous Creativity of Europe
5. The ‘Rise’ of Western Reason and Freedom
6. The Restlessness of the Western Spirit from a Hegelian Perspective
7. The Aristocratic Egalitarianism of Indo-Europeans and the Primordial Origins of Western Civilization
8. The Emergence of the Self from the Western ‘State of Nature’ and the Conciliation of Christianity and
Aristocratic Liberty
Cited Works
Index
Extensive table of contents can be downloaded under "Extra" on the right.
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