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Chargement... From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (1998)par David Gress
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Analyzing European civilization's legacy from its inception, the text assesses historical accounts of the West and argues that while often attacked as a cover for exploitation, its legitimacy/unity appears to contain both the rationality of the enlightenment and the mythological visions of fascism. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Most of Gress' sources are European. In weaving together the work of scholars and writers not typically called upon in the American academy (Gress is Danish), he brings to light a range of interpretations and intentions that read like a master class in the development of historical understanding. Written in the midst of the reexamination and critique of Western identity that followed the end of the Cold War, From Plato to NATO anticipates the revitalization of historical scholarship in the new millennium, on themes ranging from periodization and Medieval Studies to reassessment of the skeptical Enlightenment (Montesquieu, Hume) and the effects of ideology on scholarship. ( )