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Cargando... The Triumph of the West (1985)por J. M. Roberts
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. History, western civilisation In zijn "History of the world" heeft Roberts het al veelvuldig over de centrale rol die Europa in de wereldgeschiedenis heeft gespeeld. In "The triumph of the West" geeft hij een aantal voorbeelden van de overheersende rol van het westen in de geschiedenis. Het boek is niet zo samenhangend en alomvattend als zijn wereldgeschiedenis. Eigenlijk kun je beter "A history of the World" lezen en dit boek overslaan. Uitgelezen: dinsdag 6 februari 2001 Did not like this as much as his history of the 20th century, nor do I think it was as well done as Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. Having said that, it was a better than average way to kill time driving around. It was more a history from 1500 to 1988 than a work giving any really interesting conclusions. Also startling how out of date something that was published while the USSR was still in existence sounded. The narrator was mediocre, some sort of Brit with a nasally "home counties" accent. http://nhw.livejournal.com/667484.html Roberts, a well-known academic historian, was given the task of doing an update of Clarke's "Civilisation" for the BBC, and this is the book-of-the-series. The New York times found the TV version uninspiring, and I regret to say I found the same of the book. Perhaps if I'd actually read it when I was 18, and knew a lot less about history than I do now... no, I don't think so. It's surprisingly meandering, mixes complacency with hand-wringing, and not very clear on who the target audience is. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny, and the idea that progress was normal. But by 1900, doubts had arisen concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of world poverty, environmental deterioration, the inequality of women, and continued warfare pose real questions about the advancement of the human race. The Triumph of the West is noted historian J. M. Roberts' engrossing, well-reasoned, in-depth essay on the nature of the dominance of Western civilization and its ambiguous "triumph." Roberts' interest is not in judging the West's push toward greater cultural preeminence but in gaining a better understanding of the present by analyzing what got us here and, possibly, indulging in a bit of cautious optimism. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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