Synopsis
PART I: THE GLOBAL COMPREHENSION OF HISTORY The Choice of the Point of Departure The Concept of Civilization Civilization - Reality and Perception A Spatio-Temporal Outline of Civilizations Social Formations as Structures of Civilizations Structures and Ideas The Geopolitical Formations PART II: SOCIO-HISTORICAL SCENARIOS By Way of an Introduction The Levant South and South-East Asia Eastern Asia Europe PART III: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS The Turning Points on the Map of Civilizations The Varieties of the Human Condition Metahistorical Trends and Outlooks Appendix: A Short Note on Karl Marx, Max Weber and Arnold Toynbee
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