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Formations of European modernity :

113728790X (hardback)

1137287918 (paperback)

9781137287908 (hardback)

9781137287915 (paperback)

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Formations of European modernity :

[Book]

a historical and political sociology of Europe /

Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UK

xii, 337 pages ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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History, Modern

Political sociology

Europe, Economic policy

Europe, History

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Delanty, Gerard

20130816113106.0

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[Book]

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