History of Civilization in Europe
History of Civilization in Europe Originally given as a series of lectures at the Sorbonne, Fran ois Guizot's History of Civilization in Europe was published to great acclaim in 1828 and is now…
Specifikacia History of Civilization in Europe
History of Civilization in Europe
Originally given as a series of lectures at the Sorbonne, Fran ois Guizot's History of Civilization in Europe was published to great acclaim in 1828 and is now regarded as a classic in modern historical research. Tocqueville, in fact, requested that a copy of History be sent to him when he arrived in the United States.This volume offers what Guizot himself describes as a "philosophic history" of Europe, one which searches for the underlying general causes and effects of particular events. History was particularly influential on Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis de Tocqueville.
Guizot considers European civilization in its broadest senses, encompassing not merely political, economic, and social structures, but also the ideas, faculties, and sentiments of "man himself." Guizot understood a two-way relationship between external conditions (i.e.,