內容大鋼
本書旨在幫助當代大學生從根本上了解西方文明史與西方的價值體系、思維模式和行為規範，從而深化民族自信，增強家國情懷。本書由十個章節組成，內容覆蓋西方古代文明基礎、中世紀與世界主要宗教概述、文藝復興與宗教改革、科技革命與啟蒙運動、現代西方社會的進步與衰落、西方文明的危機，以及全球化過程中的西方世界。每個章節包括主題課文、經典閱讀和互動練習三個部分。主題課文，以史為綱，文字精練，主題突出，發人深省；經典閱讀，課前註解引人入勝，選材全部出自名家，內容與課文相輔相成，相得益彰；互動練習，培養學生獨立自主的學習習慣，提供互動操練的機會，特別是通過觀看影視素材引發學生的深入探討，使學生在多方位的互動與操練中領悟西方文明的精髓，在思辨中增強民族自信，培養家國情懷。本書適合用作英語專業學生和非英語專業高年級學生「西方文化入門」和「西方文明史」課程的教材。
目錄
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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