Modernity developed only in the West-in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and soap. The question is, why? Unfortunately, that question has become so politically incorrect that most scholars avoid it. But acclaimed author Rodney Stark provides the answers in this sweeping new look at Western civilization.
How the West Won demonstrates the primacy of uniquely Western ideas-among them the belief in free will, the commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, the notion that the universe functions according to rational rules that can be discovered, and the emphasis on human freedom and secure property rights. How the West Won displays Stark's gifts for lively narrative history and making the latest scholarship accessible to all. This bold, insightful book will force you to rethink your understanding of the West and the birth of modernity-and to recognize that Western civilization really has set itself apart from other cultures.
© 2014 Tantor Media, Inc. (Ljudbok): 9781494572495
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 juni 2014
Modernity developed only in the West-in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and soap. The question is, why? Unfortunately, that question has become so politically incorrect that most scholars avoid it. But acclaimed author Rodney Stark provides the answers in this sweeping new look at Western civilization.
How the West Won demonstrates the primacy of uniquely Western ideas-among them the belief in free will, the commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, the notion that the universe functions according to rational rules that can be discovered, and the emphasis on human freedom and secure property rights. How the West Won displays Stark's gifts for lively narrative history and making the latest scholarship accessible to all. This bold, insightful book will force you to rethink your understanding of the West and the birth of modernity-and to recognize that Western civilization really has set itself apart from other cultures.
© 2014 Tantor Media, Inc. (Ljudbok): 9781494572495
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 27 juni 2014
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Dan
25 aug. 2020
Bra historieskrivning som plockar fram enkla tydliga sammanhang och påpekanden som glömts bort när man försöker relativisera världens utveckling och måla ut ”väst”/kapitalism som en ond makt.
Frida
24 jan. 2023
På många sätt bra då den ger en överblick över den västeuropeiska och nordamerikanska utvecklingen. Dock märks det att boken inte är skriven av en historiker utan en religionsvetare och sociolog. Tyvärr är fokus lite väl stort på religionens betydelse (och denna lyfts främst ur positiv bemärkelse) samt fokuset på det amerikanska (och kapitalistiska) samhället som ett idealsamhälle.
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