西方文化论

Chapter 1 Ancient Greece： Fountainhead of Western Culture

1.1 Homer's Epics

1.2 The Polis

1.3 Religion

1.4 Philosophy

1.5 Classical Philosophers

1.6 History

1.7 Poetry and Drama

1.8 The Heritage of the Greeks

Chapter 2 Ancient Rome： Pragmatic Rationality

2.1 Roman Law

2.2 Literature and Art

2.3 The Heritage of the Romans

Chapter 3 The Middle Ages： Duty of Conscience

3.1 The Rise of Christianity

3.2 Patristic Writers

3.3 Thomas Aquinas

Chapter 4 The Renaissance： Human Life in This World

4.1 The Italian Renaissance

4.2 The Northern European Renaissance

4.4 The Heritage of the Renaissance

Chapter 5 The Reformation： Split Within Western Christendom

5.1 Martin Luther

5.2 John Calvin

5.3 The Heritage of the Reformation

Chapter 6 Scientific Revolution： New Conception of the Universe

6.1 The Rise of Modern Science

6.2 Rationalism and Empiricism

6.3 New Political Theory

6.4 The Heritage of Seventeenth-century Culture

Chapter 7 The Enlightenment： Power of Reason

7.1 The Nature of the Enlightenment

7.2 Philosophy and Theology

7.3 Social Criticism

7.4 Emotion and Unreason

7.5 The Heritage of the Enlightenment

Chapter 8 The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution： Political and Economic Transformation

8.1 The French Revolution

8.2 The Heritage of the French Revolution

8.3 The Industrial Revolution

8.4 The Impact of the Industrial Revolution

Chapter 9 Romanticism： Fresh Insight into Human Experience

9.1 The Romantic Movement

9.2 Romantic Literature

9.3 The Romantic Social and Political Thought

9.4 The Heritage of Romanticism

Chapter 10 Socialism： Faith in Human Progress

10.1 Science and Technology

10.2 Social Sciences

10.3 Marxism

10.4 Darwinism

10.5 The Middle-class Moral Attitudes

10.6 The Heritage of Socialism

Chapter 11 Psychoanalysis： Discovering Man's Inner World

11.1 Philosophy

11.2 Social Sciences

11.3 Freudian Psychology

11.4 Natural Sciences

11.5 The Heritage of Fin de Siecle Culture

Chapter 12 Contemporary Western World： Seeking a Meaningful Existence

12.1 The Legacy of War and Revolution

12.2 Natural Sciences

12.3 Social and Behavioral Sciences

12.4 Philosophy and Theology

12.5 The Heritage of the Twentieth Century

References

Index

《西方文化论》用平实的语言阐释了西方文化的发展历史，《西方文化论》主要包括了古希腊、古罗马、中世纪、文艺复兴、宗教改革时期、启蒙运动时期、法国大革命以及工业革命时期、当代西方世界等多个阶段，《西方文化论》突出介绍了在这些不同阶段西方的思潮。