Development of Western thought (science, culture, philosophy) overview

[Anonymous No.18611224]

I’ve lined up these three titles to try to get an understanding of the development of the West from pre-history to the present. I’m not really history focused in terms of events and what happened as I’m educated here and the focus is development of thought in the categories of science, culture, and philosophy.

I’ve already finished “The Ancient City” good book btw, I recommend if you want to understand Graeco-Roman society and the development of pagan cultures into Christendom, but I was wondering what books I could add to this this line up, and if the current line up will cover the 3 topics I outlined sufficiently.

Also feel free to leave your thoughts on any of these specific titles if you’ve read them.

Perhaps something that examines more the shift from pagan Rome to Christian Rome and the early Church, as this seems to be an area of importance not well covered in any of these books.

[Anonymous No.18611250]

>>18611224
Not exactly what you're looking for but you'll probably enjoy The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity by Russell.

[Anonymous No.18611251]

>>18611224
You should Ernst Robert Curtiu's European Literature and Latin Middle Ages

[Anonymous No.18611385]

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[Anonymous No.18611637]

>>18611224
The Story of Civilization is truly great here and focuses on the development of thought and culture. You can skip book one and go to Greece.

Fukayama's Origins of Political Order and Political Order and Decay are good in that he includes cogent summaries and case studies for every major theory in state development.

[Anonymous No.18612719]

Bump

[Anonymous No.18612794]

>>18611224
The Decline of the West is all you need.

[Anonymous No.18612834]

>>18611637
Book one was the best, you fucking mongoloid

[Anonymous No.18612986]

Lawrence R. Brown, The Might if the West.

https://nationalvanguard.org/2017/01/the-might-of-the-west-2/

[Anonymous No.18613036]

>>18611637
>Age of Lois XIV
>Age of Voltaire
>Rousseau and Revolution
>Age of Napoleon
Why the Franco-centrism?

[Anonymous No.18613038]

>>18611224
>>18611250
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>>18611385
>>18611637
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>>18613036
start with the Greeks, you simpletons.

[Anonymous No.18613099]

>>18613038
>Western
>Greeks
Pick one. Despite their elemental contributions to the West, Greeks had an Eastern religion and a fundamentally Eastern culture. The cornerstone of the West was laid by Romans and Germans between 100 BC and 400 AD.

[Anonymous No.18613122]

>>18613099
imbecile

[Anonymous No.18613139]

>>18613036
Probably because France was the center of Europe in this period and everyone else was on bandwagon.