ID | 009916 |
Call Number | 909.09812/OSB |
Title Proper | Civilization |
Other Title Information | A new history of the western world |
Language | ENG |
Author | Osborne, Roger |
Edition Statement | 2007 |
Publication | London, Jonathan Cape, 2006. |
Description | xii, 534p Cream Spine |
Note | In this book Roger Osborne shows that we can only truly understand our civilization by re-examining and confronting our past, with all its glories and catastrophes. Sweeping in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, Civilization tells the story of the western world from its origins to the present. Tying together the histories of empires, art, philosophy, science and politics, Civilization includes the crucial events and people in the history of the western world from the siege of Troy to the Gettysburg address, from Charlemagne to the European Union, from Aristotle to Einstein, and from Giotto to John Ford. Civilization is the story we tell each other in order to place ourselves in the world and to justify our actions. In the last few decades this story has, for many western citizens, become increasingly tarnished and divorced from reality. Roger Osborne, however, forges a new story of the past that is both challenging and inspiring. At such a dangerous time in the world's history this book is required reading. |
Note | Illustrations List of maps Prologue Ch. 1. In the beginning : prehistory and illiterate societies Ch. 2. A torrent of words : change and custom in classical Greece Ch. 3. The birth of abstraction : Plato, Aristotle and the rational mind Ch. 4. The universal civilization : Rome and the Barbarians Ch. 5. Augustine's vision of Christianity : from rebel sect to universal faith Ch. 6. Religion as civilization : the establishment of Western Christendom Ch. 7. Another way of living : the medieval town and communal life Ch. 8. Art as civilization : wealth, power and innovation in the Italian renaissance Ch. 9. The search for the Christian life : the European Reformation as a new beginning Ch. 10. Kings, armies and nations : the rise of the military state Ch. 11. Us and them : colonization and slavery Ch. 12. The rational individual : theory and practice in making society Ch. 13. Enlightenment and revolution : politics and reason in France and America Ch. 14. Industrialization and nationalism : British dominance and the ideology of freedom Ch. 15. From rural colonies to industrial continent : the making of modern America Ch. 16. Towards the abyss : technology, ideology, apocalypse Ch. 17. The end of civilization : depression, extremism and genocide in Europe, America and Asia Ch. 18. The post-war world : from social cohesion to global marketplace. Acknowledgements, references and further reading Index
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Standard Number | 9780712691383 |
Price. Qualification | £9.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | 909.09812 |
Key Words | Civilization, Western - History ; Transfer to IBDP |