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Formations of European Modernity : A Historical and Political Sociology of Europe.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: London : Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2013Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2013Beskrivning: 1 online resource (344 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137287922
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 940
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Innehåll:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A Theoretical Framework -- Part I: Sources of the European Heritage -- 1 The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation -- 2 The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies -- 3 Christianity in the Making of Europe -- 4 Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia -- 5 The Islamic World and Islam in Europe -- Part II: The Emergence of Modernity -- 6 The Renaissance and the Rise of the West Revisited -- 7 Unity and Divisions in Early Modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe -- 8 The Enlightenment and European Modernity: The Rise of the Idea of Europe -- 9 The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism -- 10 The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity -- 11 Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity -- Part III: The Present and its Discontents -- 12 Europe since 1989: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism and Globalization -- 13 Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy -- 14 The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations -- Conclusion: Europe - A Defence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Map of Europe.
Sammanfattning: This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the emergence of modernity.
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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A Theoretical Framework -- Part I: Sources of the European Heritage -- 1 The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation -- 2 The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies -- 3 Christianity in the Making of Europe -- 4 Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia -- 5 The Islamic World and Islam in Europe -- Part II: The Emergence of Modernity -- 6 The Renaissance and the Rise of the West Revisited -- 7 Unity and Divisions in Early Modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe -- 8 The Enlightenment and European Modernity: The Rise of the Idea of Europe -- 9 The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism -- 10 The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity -- 11 Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity -- Part III: The Present and its Discontents -- 12 Europe since 1989: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism and Globalization -- 13 Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy -- 14 The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations -- Conclusion: Europe - A Defence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Map of Europe.

This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the emergence of modernity.

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