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001 2013018167
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008 130510s2013 enkb b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013018167
020 $a9781137287908 (hbk)
020 $a9781137287915 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae------
050 00 $aJA76$b.D355 2013
082 00 $a306.2094$223
100 1 $aDelanty, Gerard.
245 10 $aFormations of European modernity :$ba historical and political sociology of Europe /$cGerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UK.
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axii, 337 pages :$bmap ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index.
505 0 $aPreface 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.
650 0 $aPolitical sociology.
651 0 $aEurope$xEconomic policy.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aHistory, Modern.