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" Formations of European modernity : "
Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UK
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BL
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662919
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Delanty, Gerard
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Formations of European modernity : : a historical and political sociology of Europe /\ Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UK
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xii, 337 pages ;; 23 cm
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9781137287908 (hardback)
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: 113728790X (hardback)
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: 9781137287915 (paperback)
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: 1137287918 (paperback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preface and acknowledgements -- Map of Europe -- Introduction: a theoretical framework -- Sources of the European heritage -- The European inter-civilizational constellation -- The Greco-Roman and Judaic legacies -- Christianity in the making of Europe -- The Byzantine legacy and Russia -- The Islamic world and Islam in Europe -- The emergence of modernity -- The Renaissance and the rise of the West revisited -- Unity and division in early modern European history : the emergence of a westernized Europe -- The enlightenment and European modernity : the rise of the idea of Europe -- The rise of the nation-state and the allure of empire : between nationalism and cosmopolitanism -- The historical regions of Europe : civilizational backgrounds and multiple routes to modernity -- Europe in the short twentieth century : conflicting projects of modernity -- The present and its discontents -- Europe since 1989 : nationalism, cosmopolitanism and globalization -- Age of austerity : contradictions of capitalism and democracy -- The European heritage as a conflict of interpretations -- Conclusion: Europe : a defence -- Bibliography -- Index
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Political sociology
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History, Modern
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Europe, Economic policy
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Europe, History
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306.2094
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JA76.D355 2013
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