Civilization [Texte imprimé] : the west and the rest / Niall Ferguson, Monographie imprimée
Language: anglais.Country: GrandeBretagne.Publication : London, New York : Allen Lane, c2011Description: 1 vol (xxx, 402 p., [24] p. of plates) : jaquette ill., cartes, fig. ; 24 cmISBN: 978-1-8461-4273-4.Dewey: 909.08, 22Abstract: What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson 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, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy; What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson 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, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy.Bibliography: Bibliogr. Notes. Index..Subject - Topical Name: Orient et Occident -- Civilisation Études comparatives | Histoire universelleItem type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliogr. Notes. Index.
What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson 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, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy
What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson 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, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy