| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 215 pages) |
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The works of Christopher Dawson |
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Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.
Works. 2001.
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| Contents |
Introduction by George Weigel --- Part I. The Nature of Europe. I. How to Understand Our Past -- II. Europe and the Seven Stages of Western Culture -- III. Europe Not a Continent but a Society of Peoples -- IV. Germany and Central Europe -- V. Eastern Europe and Russia -- VI. Russia and Asia -- VII. Asia and Europe -- VIII. Europe Overseas: Colonization and Empire -- IX. Europe Overseas: The New World of America --- Part II. The Present Crisis of Western Culture. X. Intellectual Antecedents: Hegel and the German Ideology -- XI. The Revolt against Europe -- XII. The World Wars and the Growth of the Mass State -- XIII. The Problem of the Future: Total Secularization or a Return to Christian Culture |
| Summary |
"In a time of remarkable but selective amnesia in the West reflected perhaps most dramatically in the denial of the Christian roots of Europe in the first drafts of the European constitution, "Understanding Europe" is as relevant today as it was on its first appearance in 1952. Christopher Dawson wrote of the uneasiness that characterized twentieth-century Western civilization in the aftermath of two disastrous global conflicts and the attempt to build a new secular civilization on impersonal economic forces. He desired a unified Europe, but one unified by a common Christian religion. Recognizing the emphasis on economic utility and mass productivity in European culture, Dawson argued that a renewed study of Christian faith and culture was essential in order to recover the deeper sense of European unity. In "Understanding Europe", Dawson expresses a desire for Europe to rediscover and renew its foundational Christian sources in order to recover a deeper sense of integrity."--Book cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Civilization
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Civilization, Western
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045637
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813218359 |
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0813218357 |
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