Civilization : The west and the rest / Niall Ferguson

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Civilization : The west and the rest / Niall Ferguson

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FERGUSON, Niall. Author

Published by Allen Lane - 2011

Library: Paris Champerret

Source : Syracuse

Item type: Book
Language: English

Publication year: 2011

ISBN

978-1-84614-273-4

Sujets ACIEGE

362.22
36

Subjects: HISTORY - CULTURE

What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient ? The answer, the author argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications" ? that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, he warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.

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