The Europeanization of the World: On the Origins of Human Rights and Democracy

by John M. Headley

Book Overview

The Europeanization of the World puts forward a defense of Western civilization and the unique gifts it has bequeathed to the world-in particular, human rights and constitutional democracy-at a time when many around the globe equate the West with hubris and thinly veiled imperialism. John Headley argues that the Renaissance and the Reformation provided the effective currents for the development of two distinctive political ideas. The first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691133123
• ISBN13: 9780691133126
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"