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Suicide of the West

Western civilization has thrived more than any other civilization in the past or present - it has been much more successful in economic, military and political terms, in science and technology, in the arts, and in enhancing its citizens' health, wealth, longevity and even, probably, their happiness.
Print Book, English, 2006
Continuum, London, 2006
viii, 198 p. ; 20 cm.
9780826497611, 9780826490230, 0826497616, 0826490239
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1. Why is the West successful?; 2. Christianity; 3. Optimism; 4. Science; 5. Growth; 6. Liberalism; 7. Individualism; 8. The West and the Rest; 9. National, Cosmopolitan or Western?; 10. Is Suicide inevitable?