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Can I read How the West Won : The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity on EtoBox?
How the West Won : The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity by Rodney Stark is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is How the West Won : The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity about?
Finally the Truth about the Rise of the West Modernity developed only in the West & mdash;in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and soap. The question is, Why? Unfortunately, that question has become so politically incorrect that most scholars avoid it. But acclaimed author Rodney Stark provides the answers in this sweeping new look at Western civilization. How the West Won demonstrates the primacy of uniquely Western ideas & mdash;among them the belief in free will, the commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, the notion that the universe functions according to rational rules that can be discovered, and the emphasis on human freedom and secure property rights. Taking readers on a thrilling journey from ancient Greece to the present, Stark challenges much of the received wisdom about Western history. How the West Won shows, for example: & middot; Why the fall of Rome was the single most beneficial event in the rise of Western civilization & middot; Why the & ldquo;Dark Ages & rdquo; never happened & midd
Who reads How the West Won : The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rodney Stark
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781610170857
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Western, Political Science, Religion
- Rating
- 4.19 / 5 (264 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14