TY - BOOK AU - Duchesne,Ricardo ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The uniqueness of Western civilization T2 - Studies in critical social sciences, AV - CB245 .D83 2011eb U1 - 909/.09821 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Civilization, Western KW - Historiography KW - Philosophy KW - Eurocentrism KW - Multiculturalism KW - Liberty KW - Western countries KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10470564 ER -