Cultures of the West: A History Volume 2: Since 1350

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Cultures of the West: A History Fourth Edition focuses on the ways in which the major ideas and passions of Western culture developed internally and how they interacted with the broader world--for good and for ill. The development of such key ideas as religion science and philosophy form the central narrative of this book. Cultures of the West stands apart from other textbooks in a variety of ways the first being thematic unity. What did people think and believe throughout our history about human nature the right way to live God the best forms of government or the meaning of human life? Rather than maintaining a single interpretive stance author Clifford R. Backman relies upon a consistent set of questions: What did people think and feel throughout the centuries about politics science religion and sex? How did they come to their positions regarding the right way to live? Backmans many years of experience in the classroom have informed his approach--students respond to engaging questions more than they are inspired by facts.