Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK.

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• A Introduction: A Theoretical Framework.- Part 1 Sources of the Europe Heritage.- 1. The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation.- 2. The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies.- 3. Christianity in the Making of Europe.- 4. Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia.- 5. The Islamic World and Islam in Europe.- Part 2 The Emergence of Modernity.- 6. The Renaissance and the Rise of European Consciousness.- 7. Unity and Divisions in Early modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe.- 8. The Enlightenment and the Idea of Europe.- 9. The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism.- 10. Europe as a World Historical Region: A Global Perspective on the European Formation of Modernity.- 11. The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity.- 12. Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity. Part 3 The Present and its Discontents.- 13. Europe since 1989: Globalization, Europeanization and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Late Modernity.- 14. Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy and the Crisis of European Integration.- 15. 'The Centre Cannot Hold': The Return of Nationalism and the Specter of Authoritarian Democracy.- 16. Memory, Heritage and History: The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations.- Conclusion: Europe - A Defence.

Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK.

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• A Introduction: A Theoretical Framework.- Part 1 Sources of the Europe Heritage.- 1. The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation.- 2. The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies.- 3. Christianity in the Making of Europe.- 4. Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia.- 5. The Islamic World and Islam in Europe.- Part 2 The Emergence of Modernity.- 6. The Renaissance and the Rise of European Consciousness.- 7. Unity and Divisions in Early modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe.- 8. The Enlightenment and the Idea of Europe.- 9. The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism.- 10. Europe as a World Historical Region: A Global Perspective on the European Formation of Modernity.- 11. The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity.- 12. Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity. Part 3 The Present and its Discontents.- 13. Europe since 1989: Globalization, Europeanization and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Late Modernity.- 14. Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy and the Crisis of European Integration.- 15. 'The Centre Cannot Hold': The Return of Nationalism and the Specter of Authoritarian Democracy.- 16. Memory, Heritage and History: The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations.- Conclusion: Europe - A Defence.

Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK.

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• A Introduction: A Theoretical Framework.- Part 1 Sources of the Europe Heritage.- 1. The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation.- 2. The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies.- 3. Christianity in the Making of Europe.- 4. Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia.- 5. The Islamic World and Islam in Europe.- Part 2 The Emergence of Modernity.- 6. The Renaissance and the Rise of European Consciousness.- 7. Unity and Divisions in Early modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe.- 8. The Enlightenment and the Idea of Europe.- 9. The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism.- 10. Europe as a World Historical Region: A Global Perspective on the European Formation of Modernity.- 11. The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity.- 12. Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity. Part 3 The Present and its Discontents.- 13. Europe since 1989: Globalization, Europeanization and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Late Modernity.- 14. Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy and the Crisis of European Integration.- 15. 'The Centre Cannot Hold': The Return of Nationalism and the Specter of Authoritarian Democracy.- 16. Memory, Heritage and History: The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations.- Conclusion: Europe - A Defence.