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Informationen zum Autor Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex, UK. He is the author of the Cosmopolitan Imagination and editor of the Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies. Klappentext This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the emergence of modernity. Zusammenfassung This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the emergence of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Theoretical Framework PART I: SOURCES OF THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE 1. The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation 2. The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies 3. Christianity in the Making of Europe 4. The Byzantine Legacy and Russia 5. The Islamic World and Islam in Europe PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERNITY 6. The Renaissance and the Rise of the West Revisited 7. Unity and Division in Early Modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe 8. The Enlightenment and European Modernity: The Rise of the Idea of Europe 9. The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism 10. The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity 11. Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity PART III: THE PRESENT AND ITS DISCONTENTS 12. Europe Since 1989: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism and Globalization 13. Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy 14. The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations Conclusion: Europe - a Defence
