A concise account of the development of the Western civlization beginning with the ancient culture of the Nile. "The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeil challenges the S…
"In The Origins of Sex, Faramerz Dabhoiwala provides a landmark history, one that will revolutionize our understanding of the origins of sexuality in modern Western culture. For millennia, sex had been strictly regulated by the Church, the state, and society, who vigorously and …
by Arluke, Arnold, Sanders, Clinton
fromAnimals, culture, and society
What is it about Western society, ask the authors, that makes it possible for people to express great affection for animals as sentient creatures and simultaneously turn a blind eye to the most callous behavior toward them? Animals are sold as expensive commodities, used as food…
by Stratton-Pruitt, Suzanne L.
fromMasterpieces of Western painting
Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality--these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.N. Declaration of Human R…
The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, 'A Culture of Improvement' documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.
The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, 'A Culture of Improvement' documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.
"Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the decision to resort to the u…
