ISBN10: 0691171483, ISBN13: 9780691171487, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0691171483 9780691171487 [GB]

ISBN10: 0691171483, ISBN13: 9780691171487, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. . . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2016]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 2016. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 290 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. 2016. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691171483 9780691171487 [GB]

ISBN10: 0691171483, ISBN13: 9780691171487, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. . . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2016]

Princeton University Press, Date: 2016-07-26. Paperback. Used:Good. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691171483 9780691171487 [US]

ISBN10: 0691171483, ISBN13: 9780691171487, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 ...
Show/Hide image