Remaking the World

Remaking the World

European Distinctiveness and the Transformation of Politics, Culture, and the Economy

Seigel, Jerrold

Cambridge University Press

11/2024

378

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9781009541664

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1. Introduction; Part I. Liberty and Liberties: 2. A preoccupation with liberty; 3. From liberties to liberty; 4. Liberties elsewhere; Part II. Autonomy and Teleocracy: 5. Spheres of autonomy: the church, universities, and the bounds of reason; 6. Classical humanism and aesthetics; 7. Science as a sphere of autonomy; 8. Teleocratic sciences; Part III. Openness and Domination: 9. Other peoples, other places; 10. Empire: material expansion, moral contraction, and internal criticism; 11. Courage and weakness: anti-imperialism and its limits in the nineteenth century; Part IV. Transformations: 12. Autonomy and transformation: Britain; 13. Transformation and autonomy: France and Germany; 14. Ready or not? China and India; 15. Conclusion.