The Movement of World Revolution (Worlds of Christopher Dawson) Paperback February 12, 2013

Works of Christopher Dawson

by Christopher Henry Dawson

Christopher Dawson was one of the most profound historians of his day, with an acute understanding of the ideas and culture movements behind the making of Western society. The Movement of World Revolution, originally published in 1959, explores many of the themes Dawson considered most important in his the religious foundation of human culture, the central importance of education for the recovery of Christian humanism, the myth of progress, and the dangers of nationalism and secular ideologies. Dawson's concern was not so much a solution to the political, social, or economic problems of his day, but rather an understanding of the present as it had evolved from the past as well as the charting of a path into the future.In this work, Dawson argued that the modern period was "not a metaphysical age, and in the East no less than in the West men are more interested in subsistence and coexistence than in essence and existence." Dawson believed a reduction of culture to material and technological preoccupations would ultimately end in an impoverishment of life. His solution was a return to a renewed Christendom, one not marked by an alliance with secular powers but rather arising out of an organic, spiritual foundation. The Movement of World Revolution is remarkably prophetic in anticipating many of the contemporary struggles about the role of religion in the modern state.

Genres: History, Politics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Christopher Henry Dawson (12 October 1889, Hay Castle – 25 May 1970, Budleigh Salterton) was a British independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and Christendom. Christopher H. Dawson has been called "the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century".

Reviews

[Rudyard L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely incredible book. Genius level stuff and the best I’ve read from this top tier author so far

[Aaron Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

INTRODUCTION
1 The Relevance of European History
THE REVOLUTION IN WESTERN CULTURE
2 Renaissance and Reformation
3 Rationalism and Revolution
THE WORLD EXPANSION OF WESTERN CULTURE
4 The Missionary Expansion of Western Christendom
5 The Spread of Western Ideologies
ASIA AND THE WEST
6 Introduction: The Revolt of Asia
7 The Age of Discovery
8 The Fall of the Oriental Empires
9 The Rise of Oriental Nationalism
10 Christianity and the Oriental Cultures

[David Withun · Rating 5 out of 5]

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