TwoProloguePoems
Preface
Introduction
PARTONE
ArticlesSelectedforSpecificTopics,ThemesandEvents
AnOpeningArticle
UnitOne
1.CulturalTheoryandCulturalStudies
2.Culture,aBroadHumanisticConcept
3.History,aRiddleforHumans
UnitTwo
1.WestIsNotaDirectionalConceptAlone
2.WesternCultureandItsDeepImplications
UnitThree
1.Religion,aHumanSpiritualPillarandFaith
2.Judaism,aMotherReligionofSomeReligions
3.Christianity,aSpiritualRockoftheWest
4.ReligiousReformation,aMilestoneEvent
thatPavedtheWayfortheRiseof
WesternCapitalismandPower
UnitFour
1.RomanEmpire,theFirstWesternPower
2.HellenisticCivilization,aBeautyoftheWest
3.GreekMythology,aTreasureoftheWest
UnitFive
1.Colonialism,aGlobalExpansionIdea
2.Capitalism,aCrazyDevilforAngels
UnitSix
1.Renaissance:aTurningPointfortheWest
2.TheEnlightenment,anAgeofSoulLiberation
3.Post-Modernity(POMO),aRebelliousMovement
UnitSeven
1.CommercialRevolution,inHotPursuitofWealth
2.IndustrialRevolution,aDrivingForceforSociety
3.ScientificRevolution,aMiraculousInstrumentfor
theRiseoftheWestandItsLeadership
4.ScienceandScientificSpirit
5.InformationRevolutionorExplosion
UnitEight
1.AHistoryofEconomicIdeas,aKeyforWealth
2.AHistoryofPoliticalPhilosophyoftheWest
UnitNine
1.TheCultureoftheUnitedStates
2.ABookExcerptIllustratingCulturalContradictionsofModernCapitalism
3.IntroductiontoandPostscriptofaBookEntitled
AmericanCulturesincewwⅡbyPaulLevine
UnitTen
AnUnderstandingofWesternCulture
UnitEleven
TheMillenniumoftheWest,aGoldenAge?
UnitTwelve
AnIntroductiontotheClashofCivilizations
Postscript
WesternCulture:aBeastandaBeauty?
PARTTWO
SpecialCaseStudy
PARTTHREE
ExercisesfortheTextbook
AppendixI
AppendixⅡ
Postscript/FinalRemarksfortheWholeTextbook