The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 9004194614
- ISBN-13
- 9789004194618
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-07
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Ricardo Duchesne
Description
After challenging the multicultural effort to “provincialize” the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West’s exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers.
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