《世界文化史（英文版）》從全球觀點(diǎn)出發(fā)，系統(tǒng)論述了世界文化自遠(yuǎn)古至今日的發(fā)展歷程，描述了世界各民族文化發(fā)展的共同規(guī)律和各自的特點(diǎn)，介紹了各民族的文化特色以及它們對(duì)世界文化發(fā)展所作出的突出貢獻(xiàn)，力圖揭示出多元一體的人類文化演變的內(nèi)在本質(zhì)。
Introduction: Axial Age， the Golden Age of Human Wisdom
Unit One A Long and Hot Debate about the Birth of the World
Unit Two Two Views Concerning Cultural Studies
Section One: Cultural Relativism
Section Two: Cultural Imperialism
Unit Three Cultural Traditions and Roots
Section One: Theology
Section Two: Philosophy
Section Three: Science
Unit Four Time and History in the Context of Culture
Section One: Ancient History of the World
Section Two: The Middle Ages
Section Three: Modern History
Section Four: Contemporary Time
Unit Five Compositions and Elements of Culture
Section One: Faith， a Spiritual Pillar of a Person
Section Two: Language， An Important Element of Culture
Section Three: Mythology， an Area of Human Imagination
Section Four: Institution
Section Five: Norms， Code of Conduct for Human Society
Unit Six Powerful and Pervasive Ideas
Section One: Colonialism， a Propelling Force of the West
Section Two: Capitalism， a Magic Power of the West
Section Three: Communism， the Highest Ideal of Mankind
Section Four: Constitutionalism， the Idea of Rule of Law
Section Five: Nationalism， a Theoretic Foundation of Nation-State
Unit Seven Great Ideas Spread Through Great Books
Section One: Analects， a Collection of Wisdom of China
Section Two: The Bible， the Holy Scripture in the World
Section Three: Quran， the Holy Scripture of Islam
Section Four: Buddhist Texts
Unit Eight An Eventful Human History
Section One: The Roman Empire
Section Two: Heliocentricism
Section Three: The Crusades
Section Four: Mongol Conquests
Section Five: Columbus and His Significant Voyages
Section Six: The Ottoman Empire
Section Seven: The Founding of the United States of America
Section Eight: The Opium Wars
Section Nine: The United Nations， an Instrument for Peace
Unit Nine Milestone Figures For Human History
Section One: Abraham， Father of Three Major Religions
Section Two: Jesus Christ， God for Christians
Section Three: Muhammad， Prophet of Muslims
Section Four: Shakyamuni， the Buddha of Buddhist Adherents
Section Five: Confucius， a Holy Figure of Traditional China
Section Six: Socrates， Founding Father of Western Philosophy
Section Seven: Sir Isaac Newton， a Towering Scientist
Section Eight: Karl Marx， a Profound Thinker Who Changed the World
Section Nine: Albert Einstein， a Modem Isaac Newton
Unit Ten A Study of Civilizational History of the World
Section One: The Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Section Two: The Andes Civilization
Section Three: Ancient Chinese Civilization
Section Four: Minoan Civilization
Section Five: Sumer Civilization
Section Six: Maya Civilization
Section Seven: History of Ancient India
Section Eight: Hittites， Ancient Anatolian People
Section Nine: Ancient Greek Civilization
Section Ten: The Western or Occidental Civilization
Section Eleven: The Eastern Orthodox Church Civilization
Section Twelve: Far Eastern Civilization Ring
Section Thirteen: Orthodox Christian Civilization
Section Fourteen: The Ancient Persian Civilization
Section Fifteen: Islamic Civilization At its Golden Age
Section Sixteen: Hindu Civilization
Section Seventeen: The Mexica
Section Eighteen: Yucatec Maya Civilization
Section Nineteen: Ancient Babylonian Civilization
Unit Eleven A Possible Form of a Future Global Culture
Section One: Cultural Implications of Cultural Diversity
Section Two: Cultural， Social and Political Implications of UNESCO Universal Declaralion on Cultural Diversity
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