Formations of European Modernity: A Historical and Political Sociology of Europe

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This book presents a historical and political sociology of European history and society. It offers a critical interpretation of the course of European history looking at the emergence of the idea of Europe and the formation of modernity. Now fully updated, Delanty's second edition features commentary on Brexit, populism, the refugee crisis, and secessionism, as well as additional coverage of colonialism and the wider global context. The book will be in an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of historical sociology, the history of Europe, nations and modernity, political sociology, and political and social theory. Front Matter ....Pages i-lix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The European Inter-Civilizational Constellation (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 3-25 The Greco-Roman and Judaic Legacies (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 27-49 Christianity in the Making of Europe (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 51-71 Between East and West: The Byzantine Legacy and Russia (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 73-89 The Islamic World and Islam in Europe (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 91-106 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 The Renaissance and the Rise of European Consciousness (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 109-131 Unity and Divisions in Early Modern European History: The Emergence of a Westernized Europe (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 133-155 The Enlightenment and the Idea of Europe (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 157-181 The Rise of the Nation-State and the Allure of Empire: Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 183-213 Europe as a World Historical Region: A Global Perspective on the European Formation of Modernity (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 215-239 The Historical Regions of Europe: Civilizational Backgrounds and Multiple Routes to Modernity (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 241-263 Europe in the Short Twentieth Century: Conflicting Projects of Modernity (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 265-301 Front Matter ....Pages 303-303 Europe Since 1989: Globalization, Europeanization and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Late Modernity (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 305-339 Age of Austerity: Contradictions of Capitalism and Democracy and the Crisis of European Integration (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 341-363 ‘The Centre Cannot Hold’: The Return of Nationalism and the Spectre of Authoritarian Democracy (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 365-397 Memory, Heritage and History: The European Heritage as a Conflict of Interpretations (Gerard Delanty)....Pages 399-420 Back Matter ....Pages 421-479