This volume is the third of a series of works sponsored by the Duke-University of North Carolina Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. It presents the public lectures delivered by Senior Fellows at the third session of the Institute held in Chapel Hill during the summer of 1967.
Originally published in 1968.
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This volume is the third of a series of works sponsored by the Duke-University of North Carolina Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance St...
The horrors of the past century have done little to advance appreciation for the virtues of Western civilization. Criticism of the West has mounted and the West itself has lost sight of its uniqueness. Westerners tend to endow other societies with liberal philosophy and practices. While politically profitable, this fails to educate these societies about their own civilizations' contributions to the idea of a common humanity, human rights, and the legitimacy of dissent and diversity.
John M. Headley argues for the West's uniqueness and universality, while critiquing multiculturalism's...
The horrors of the past century have done little to advance appreciation for the virtues of Western civilization. Criticism of the West has mounted...
