The Europeanization of the World puts forward a defense of Western civilization and the unique gifts it has bequeathed to the world-in particular, human rights and constitutional democracy-at a time when many around the globe equate the West with hubris and thinly veiled imperialism. John Headley argues that the Renaissance and the Reformation provided the effective currents for the development of two distinctive political ideas. The first is the idea of a common humanity, derived from antiquity, developed through natural law, and worked out in the new emerging global context to provide the basis for today's concept of universal human rights. The second is the idea of political dissent, first posited in the course of the Protestant Reformation and later maturing in the politics of the British monarchy.
Headley traces the development and implications of this first idea from antiquity to the present. He examines the English revolution of 1688 and party government in Britain and America into the early nineteenth century. And he challenges the now--common stance in historical studies of moral posturing against the West. Headley contends that these unique ideas are Western civilization's most precious export, however presently distorted. Certainly European culture has its dark side--Auschwitz is but one example. Yet as Headley shows, no other civilization in history has bequeathed so sustained a tradition of universalizing aspirations as the West. The Europeanization of the World makes an argument that is controversial but long overdue. Written by one of our preeminent scholars of the Renaissance and Reformation, this elegantly reasoned book is certain to spark a much-needed reappraisal of the Western tradition.
Автор: Casanova Название: Twentieth-Century Spain ISBN: 110760267X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107602670 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A much-needed new overview of Spanish social and political history which sets developments in Spain within a European context. The authors chart the country`s experience of democracy, dictatorship and civil war and its dramatic transformation from an agricultural and rural society to an industrial and urban society fully integrated into Europe.
Название: The Twentieth-Century Welfare State ISBN: 0333669207 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333669204 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14952.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The welfare state has been one of the most significant developments in 20th-century Britain. This work narrates its principal changes and provides an introduction to issues of finance and funding, providers and users, and the role of the welfare state as a system of social stratification.
Автор: Baker Catherine Название: Gender in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe and the USSR ISBN: 1137528028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137528025 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4725.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A concise and accessible introduction to the gender histories of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century. These essays juxtapose established topics in gender history such as motherhood, masculinities, work and activism with newer areas, such as the history of imprisonment and the transnational history of sexuality. By collecting these essays in a single volume, Catherine Baker encourages historians to look at gender history across borders and time periods, emphasising that evidence and debates from Eastern Europe can inform broader approaches to contemporary gender history.
Автор: Thomas Horan Название: Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction ISBN: 3319706748 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319706740 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book assesses key works of twentieth-century dystopian fiction, including Katharine Burdekin`s Swastika Night, George Orwell`s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Margaret Atwood`s The Handmaid`s Tale, to demonstrate that the major authors of this genre locate empathy and morality in eroticism.
Автор: Hoefte, Rosemarijn Название: Suriname in the long twentieth century ISBN: 1349471836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349471836 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Despite its modest size, the republic of Suriname is today the site of many distinctive processes of globalization. This intersectional study teases out the complex relationships among class, gender, and ethnic identity over the course of Suriname`s modern history, from the capital city of Paramaribo to the country`s resource-rich rainforest.
Описание: Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community`s integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America.
Описание: This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day.
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