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Bridging the gap between what is taught in schools and the cultural knowledge required at university, this book gathers together the cultural history of the West into one concise volume

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Introduction: To the Man with a Hammer 1. The Roots of Western Culture: Greece and Rome 2. The Roots of Western Culture: Christianity 3. From Catacombs to Cathedrals: The Middle Ages 4. Man the Measure of All Things: The Renaissance 5. Into the Modern Age: Religious Reformation and Scientific Revolution 6. Reason and its Limits: The Enlightenment and Romanticism 7. Old Certainties, New Crises: The Death of God, Modernism and Existentialism 8. Evolving Ideas of Humanity: Darwin, Marx, Freud and Feminism 9. What Comes After the New? Postmodernism and Postmodernity Concluding Thoughts Glossary Further Reading Index

From Plato to Postmodernism

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/27/2011 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780715638286, 978-0715638286
      ISBN10: 0715638289
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Bridging the gap between what is taught in schools and the cultural knowledge required at university, this book gathers together the cultural history of the West into one concise volume

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: To the Man with a Hammer 1. The Roots of Western Culture: Greece and Rome 2. The Roots of Western Culture: Christianity 3. From Catacombs to Cathedrals: The Middle Ages 4. Man the Measure of All Things: The Renaissance 5. Into the Modern Age: Religious Reformation and Scientific Revolution 6. Reason and its Limits: The Enlightenment and Romanticism 7. Old Certainties, New Crises: The Death of God, Modernism and Existentialism 8. Evolving Ideas of Humanity: Darwin, Marx, Freud and Feminism 9. What Comes After the New? Postmodernism and Postmodernity Concluding Thoughts Glossary Further Reading Index

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