The Temptation of Homo Europaeus

by Neumann, Victor; Miu, Dana

• ISBN13: 9780880332811
• ISBN10: 0880332816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: East European Monographs

Summary

The Temptation of Homo Europaeusis a history of culture in Central and Southeastern Europe. Using little-known documents, old writings, political and cultural institutions, and the movement of ideas and personalities grouped around schools and churches, Neumann analyzes the genesis of modern thinking in Central and Southeastern Europe, interpreting the implications for the state of spirit and civilization in Europe today.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Foreword to the English Edition	p. 10
The Temptation of Homo Europaeus? Meaning and Motivation	p. 13
The Transition from Medieval to Modern Era: The Echoes of the Renaissance in East-Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula	p. 35
Religious Reform and the Crisis of Conscience: from Theofil Corydaleus to Dimitrie Cantemir	p. 63
A Diaspora which Generates Convergences? The irradiation of Iudaism in Central and South-Eastern Europe	p. 85
Homo Europaeus and the Intellectual Revolution of the Enlightenment	p. 125
"Cultural Channels" in East-Central Europe Books and Libraries in Transilvania, Banat, Hungary and Serbia	p. 149
Banat During the XVIIIth Century: a Measure of Civilisation in Central and Southeastern Europe?	p. 211
In Place of Conclusion: Homo Europaeus and the "Great Durations" of History	p. 241
Notes	p. 245
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