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Essays bearing on the contemporary scene and on the relation of the individual to society, including papers written during the 1920s and 1930s focusing on the upheaval in Germany, and two major works of Jung's last years, The Undiscovered Self and Flying Saucers

Intro -- Prehistory of the West to 35,000 BCE -- The First Civilizations, 10,000-1250 BCE -- Growing Civilizations of the Near East, 1200-450 BCE -- The Greek Polis in War & -- Peace, 750-371 BCE -- The Greek World Expands, 359-142 BCE -- Greek Culture, Science & -- Philosophy, 725-140 BCE -- The Rise of Rome & -- the Republic, 753-31 BCE -- The Roman Empire, 27 BCE-476 CE -- Roman Culture, 240 BCE-121 CE -- East & -- West in the Early Middle Ages, 493-1000 -- Europe in the High Middle Ages, 1054-1400 -- The Culture of Christendom in Medieval Europe, 910-1351 -- The Emergence of Early Modern Europe, 1400-1497 -- The Culture of the Renaissance, 1304-1500.

Uniquely, critically interrogates the concept of 'civilization' by asking whether it is still valid in the globalized world economy of the twenty-first century. Includes case studies on the Arab world, Islam, China and Japan.

Part I. Introduction to civilization -- The nature of civilization -- How civilizations perish -- The second great crisis of civilization in history -- The global civilization development and its repercussions -- Part II. Civilization in crisis -- The death triangle of civilization in the 21st century -- Capitalism and the 21st century limits of civilization -- Superconsumerism in the 21st century -- Technology and the limits of civilization in the 21st century -- Climate and the 21st century limits of civilization -- Culture and the 21st century limits of civilization -- Part III. End of civilization? -- The power of crisis relations and the limits of civilization in the 21st century -- Can civilization last? -- Where are we heading?