- 西方文明史与经典导读(第2版21世纪英语专业系列教材)(英文版)
- - 作者：编者:田德新|责编:李蕊
  - 出版社：西安交大
  - ISBN：9787569335279
  - 出版日期：2024/03/01
  - 页数：406
- 售价：27.2

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本书旨在帮助当代大学生从根本上了解西方文明史与西方的价值体系、思维模式和行为规范，从而深化民族自信，增强家国情怀。本书由十个章节组成，内容覆盖西方古代文明基础、中世纪与世界主要宗教概述、文艺复兴与宗教改革、科技革命与启蒙运动、现代西方社会的进步与衰落、西方文明的危机，以及全球化过程中的西方世界。每个章节包括主题课文、经典阅读和互动练习三个部分。主题课文，以史为纲，文字精练，主题突出，发人深省；经典阅读，课前注解引人入胜，选材全部出自名家，内容与课文相辅相成，相得益彰；互动练习，培养学生独立自主的学习习惯，提供互动操练的机会，特别是通过观看影视素材引发学生的深入探讨，使学生在多方位的互动与操练中领悟西方文明的精髓，在思辨中增强民族自信，培养家国情怀。本书适合用作英语专业学生和非英语专业高年级学生“西方文化入门”和“西方文明史”课程的教材。
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Chapter 1  Culture, Civilization and the Significance of the History of Western Civilization
  Culture
    1.Defining Culture
    2.Early Definitions of Culture
    3.Today's Definitions of Culture
    4.Elements of Culture
    5.Modes or Levels of Culture
  Civilization
    1.Defining Civilization
    2.Two Categories of Meanings
    3.Culture v.s.Civilization
  Significance of the History of Western Civilization
    1.Gaining Historical Insight
    2.Increasing Historical Awareness
    3.Drawing from Past Lessons
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations?"
    Interactive Activities
Chapter 2  The Greeks: From Myth to Reason
  1.Early Aegean Civilizations
  2.Evolution of the City-States
  3.The Hellenistic Age: The Second Stage of Greek Civilization
  4.The Great Achievements
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Thucydides' "Pericle' Funeral Oration"
    Interactive Activities
Chapter 3  Rome: From City-State to World Empire
  1.The Origins of Rome
  2.The Roman Republic (508 to 30 BCE)
  3.The First Punic War (264 BCE)
  4.The Revolution (145 BCE to 30 BCE)
  5.The Principate (30 BCE to 192 CE)
  6.The Late Empire and Christianity
  7.The Fall of Rome
  8.The Legacy of the Roman Empire
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Polybius' "Why Romans and Not Greeks Govern the World"
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 4  Early Christianity: A World of Religion
  1.The Origins of Christianity
  2.The Spread of Christianity
  3.Christianity and Classical Humanism: Alternative World-Views
  4.An Introduction to the Study of World Religions
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a Christian"
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 5  The Middle Ages: The Christian Centuries
  1.Early Medieval Europe
  2.England and France
  3.Invaders

  4.The Emergence of the High Middle Ages
  5.The Crises of the Middle Ages
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Cervantes' Don Quixote
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 6  Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation
  1.Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
  2.The Renaissance Outlook
  3.Renaissance Art
  4.The Spread of the Renaissance
  5.The Renaissance and the Modem Age
  6.Background to the Reformation
  7.The Lutheran Revolt
  8.The Spread of the Reformation
  9.The Reformation and the Modem Age
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Shakespeare's Hamlet
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 7  Intellectual Transformation: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
  1.Copernicus' Breaking-Through Idea
  2.The Scientific Process, Mentality, and Method
  3.Scientific Discoveries
  4.Science and Society
  5.Scientific Institutions and Culture
  6.The Philosophical Impact of Science
  7.The Enlightenment
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 8  The Modern West: Progress and Breakdown
  1.The French Revolution
  2.The Industrial Revolution
  3.Thought and Culture as a Result of the Revolutions
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Percy Bysshe Shelley and his "Ode to the West Wind"
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 9  The Western Civilization in Crisis
  1.Crisis and Redefinition
  2.The Problem of Fascism and Nazism
  3.The Postwar West
  4.Geography Concerns
  5.The Modern Predicament
  6.The Legacy of World War Ⅱ
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speach"
  Interactive Activities
Chapter 10 The West in a Globalized World
  1.A False Start
  2.Globalization Returns
  3.The West's Role

  4.The West and the World
  5.Western Hesitancy
  6.The West in the Twenty-First Century
  7.Cultural Clashes and Terrorism
  Primary Reading
    Introduction to Marx and Engels' Manifesto of the Communist Party
  Interactive Activities
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