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What Is The West?

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Argues that the West is a coherent cultural entity and discusses the social and political implications of that idea. Nemo weaves together political events, philosophical discoveries, religious movements, and scientific and technological innovations of the last five or six millenia to piece together the history of the West's development.

Author(s): Philipe Nemo, Kenneth Casler (trans)
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 157
City: Pittsburgh

Foreword (Michael Novak)
Introduction

One The Greek miracle : city and science
Two The contribution of Rome : private law and humanism
Three Biblical ethics and eschatology
Four The Papal revolution
Five The rise of liberal democracies
Six The universality of western culture
Seven For a union of the West

Conclusion
Notes
Index