Remaking the World. European Distinctiveness and the Transformation of Politics, Culture, and the Economy

Frontmatter Contents Figures Acknowledgments 1 - Introduction Part I - Liberty and Liberties 2 - A Preoccupation with Liberty 3 - From Liberties to Liberty 4 - Other Liberties Part II - Autonomy and Teleocracy 5 - Spaces of Autonomy The Church, Universities, and the Bounds of Reason 6 - Classical Humanism and Aesthetics 7 - Science as a Sphere of Autonomy 8 - Teleocratic Sciences Part III - Openness and Domination 9 - Other Peoples, Other Places 10 - Empire Material Expansion and Moral Contraction 11 - Courage and Weakness Anti-Imperialism and Its Limits in the Nineteenth Century Part IV - Making Industry Modern 12 - Autonomy and Transformation Britain 13 - Transformation and Autonomy France and Germany 14 - Ready or Not? China and India 15 - Conclusion Notes Index