Understanding Europe (The Works of Christopher Dawson)
Understanding Europe (The Works of Christopher Dawson)
by Christopher Dawson introduction by George Weigel
Catholic University of America Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-8132-1544-0 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1835-9 Library of Congress Classification CB245.D37 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 940.1
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
In Understanding Europe, Dawson expresses a desire for Europe to rediscover and renew its foundational Christian sources in order to recover a deeper sense of integrity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction by George Weigel
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I The Nature of Europe
I How to Understand Our Past
II Europe and the Seven Stages of Western Culture
III Europe Not a Continent but a Society of Peoples
IV Germany and Central Europe
V Eastern Europe and Russia
VI Russia and Asia
VII Asia and Europe
VIII Europe Overseas: Colonization and Empire
IX Europe Overseas: The New World of America
Part II The Present Crisis of Western Culture
X Intellectual Antecedents: Hegel and the German Ideology
XI The Revolt against Europe
XII The World Wars and the Growth of the Mass State
XIII The Problem of the Future: Total Secularization or a Return to Christian Culture
Index