The uniqueness of Western civilization - Duchesne, Ricardo; ebrary, Inc. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Civilization, Western; Civilization, Western -- Historiography; Civilization, Western -- Philosophy; Eurocentrism; Multiculturalism; Liberty -- Western countries -- History; Electronic books