Western Civilization II 1500-present
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Description
Table of contents
Chapters
Contents
Unit 1: The Emergence of the Modern West
The Protestant Reformation and Its After-effects
The Rebirth of Humanism in the West
Crises of the Medieval World
Unit 1 Review
Unit 2: The Growth of Western Civilization
Commodity Trading and the Birth of an Atlantic Economy
Spain, Portugal, and the Invention of Western Power
The Emergence of the National Monarchy
Unit 2 Review
Unit 3: From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
The Newtonian Cosmos
The Destabilization of the Spiritual Worldview
The Copernican Revolution
Unit 3 Review
Unit 4: The Enlightenment
Kant and the Redemption of Enlightenment
Rousseau and Radicalization
From Locke to Jefferson
Unit 4 Review
Unit 5: An Age of Revolution
A New Historical Order
Novus dux Napoleon
The French Revolution
Unit 5 Review
Unit 6: The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
Romanticism
Tradition versus Progress
The Nation
Unit 6 Review
Unit 7: Industrialization and Its After-effects
From Textiles to Steam Engines
Intellectual Responses to Industrial Modernity
Marx and the Communist Manifesto
Unit 7 Review
Unit 8: The Apex of Modern Civilization
New States and Old Problems
Challenges from Without
Challenges from Within
Unit 8 Review
Unit 9: New Imperialism
Prelude to War
Case Studies in New Imperialism
Origins and Modes
Unit 9 Review
Unit 10: World War I
The Suicide of the West
Strategies and Operations
Causes and Contingencies
Unit 10 Review
Unit 11: Totalitarianism
Communism in the Soviet Union
Fascism in Western Europe
Totalitarianism as Anti-modernity
Unit 11 Review
Unit 12: World War II
The Restoration of Modern Consciousness
Expansions and Turning Points
The Inescapable Path to War
Unit 12 Review
Unit 13: The Cold War
The Concept of a “Third” World
The Western Response
An Ideological Showdown
Unit 13 Review
Unit 14: The West and the “Global” World
Crises of Climate, Credit, and Historical Consciousness
Terrorism and Popular Culture
Imperialism Redefined
Unit 14 Review
Unit 15: Postmodernism and the End of History
The Meaning of the “End of the World”
Lack of Credulity
Post-historical Humanity
Unit 15 Review
