Arnold Toynbee and the Western tradition
By: Marvin Perry.
Series: American university studies.; v. 169
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889-1975.; Civilization, Western -- Philosophy.; Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
Description: Arnold Toynbee was the most prolific historian of the twentieth century. In his massive A Study of History, Toynbee made a comparative study of all the world's civilizations, surviving and extinct, analyzing their rise, growth, breakdown, and disintegration. Arnold Toynbee and the Western Tradition summarizes and appraises Toynbee's understanding of the nature, evolution, and destiny of Western civilization, focusing on his critique of the liberal-rational tradition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.