"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, poli…
"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, poli…
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"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, poli…
"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, poli…
Presents a survey of world history from 1500 to the present with particular focus on modern Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. Emphasis will be placed on the origins of maritime exploration, artistic/intellectual movements, revolutio…
1. First peoples; first farmers: Most of history in a single chapter, to 4000 B.C.E. -- 2. First civilizations: Cities, states, and unequal societies, 3500 B.C.E.-600 B.C.E. -- 3. State and empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. -- 4. Culture and religion in Eurasia…
"Thinking through Sources provides a variety of primary sources to accompany Ways of the World. With six to eight carefully selected documents per chapter, this two-volume primary source reader presents a wide range of visual and textual sources that connect to topics in each ch…
"Thinking through Sources provides a variety of primary sources to accompany Ways of the World. With six to eight carefully selected documents per chapter, this two-volume primary source reader presents a wide range of visual and textual sources that connect to topics in each ch…
