A Short History of Western Ideology: A Critical Account
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- i -- ii -- iii -- iv -- Chapter 1: Europe and history -- 1.1 Christianitas -- 1.2 Civilize or make disappear -- 1.3 Philosophies of history -- 1.4 A somewhat gloomy utopia -- Chapter 2: Freedom and sovereignty -- 2.1 Liberty and liberalism -- 2.2 A chosen people in a promised land -- 2.3 The religion of the people -- 2.4 Democracy and the rule of law -- Chapter 3: Hierarchy among equals -- 3.1 European spaces -- 3.2 Human races -- 3.3 World cultures -- 3.4 Global rights -- Chapter 4: A craving for goodness -- 4.1 A fair amount of killing -- 4.2 An over-accumulation of benevolence -- 4.3 A rescue from the limbo of history -- 4.4 Imperialism: A popular sentiment -- Chapter 5: Ecology and apocalypse -- 5.1 Nature -- 5.2 Identity -- 5.3 Alienation -- 5.4 Apocalypse -- Afterword -- References -- Index.