西方文化概述

Chapter One Greek Culture

Ⅰ. THE GREEKS: FROM MYTH TO REASON

1. Homer: Shaper of the Greek Spirit

2. The Break with Theocratic Politics

3. The Athenian Democracy

Ⅱ. PHILOSOPHY IN THE HELLENIC AGE

1. Socrates——Shaping the Rational Individual

2. Plato——the Rational Society

3. Aristotle——Synthesis of Greek Thought

Ⅲ. THE HELLENISTIC AGE

Ⅳ. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT GREECE

1. Art

2. Drama

3. History

4. Mathematics

Ⅴ. GREEK MYTHOLOGY

1. Introduction

2. Ancient Greek and Roman Gods

3. Principal Figures in Greek Mythology

Ⅵ. THE NATURE OF GREEK GODS AND HEROES

1. Gods and Goddesses

2. Heroes

Chapter Two Roman Culture

Ⅱ. FROM THE REPUBLIC TO THE EMPIRE

1. Julius Caesar

2. The Pax Romana

Ⅲ. ROMAN MYTHOLOGY

1. Introduction

2. Myths of the Founding of Rome

3. The Roman Gods

4. How the Romans Worship Their Gods

Chapter Three Christianity and the Bible

Ⅰ. CREED OF CHRISTIANITY

1. The Central Doctrines

2. Worship

3. Main Activities

4. The Seven Sacraments

5. The Seven Virtues

6. The Seven Deadly Sins

7. The Seven Gifts from God

8. The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy

Ⅱ. INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE

l. The Old Testament

2. The New Testament

3. Selected Readings of Spiritual Standards in the New Testament

Chapter Four The Middle Ages

Ⅰ. THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

1. Byzantium

2. Latin Christendom in the Early Middle Ages

Ⅱ. THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

1. Changes in Agriculture

2. The Rise of Towns and Cities

3. Schools and Universities

4. The Growth of Papal Power

5. The Rise of States

6. Christians and Jews

7. Architecture and other Arts

Ⅲ. THE kATE MIDDLE AGES

1. Starvation and the Black Death

2. The Hundred Years' War

3. The Decline of the Papacy

4. Origin of the Renaissance

Ⅳ. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES

Chapter Five Renaissance

Ⅰ. TRANSITION TO THE MODERN AGE:THE RENAISSANCE

1. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance

2. The Renaissance Outlook

3. Humanism

4. A Revolution in Political Thought

5. Art in the Renaissance

Ⅱ. THE SPREAD OF THE RENAISSANCE

1. Erasmian Humanism

2. French and English Humanism

Ⅲ. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BASIS OF THE RENAISSANCE

1. A Changing Economy

2. Urban Society

3. Rural Society

Ⅳ. POLITICS IN THE RENAISSANCE

1. Growth of the Italian City-States

2. Consolidation of Monarchies in Northern Europe

3. New Approaches to Politics

Ⅴ. THE CHURCH AND RELIGION IN THE RENAISSANCE

1. Decline of the Roman Catholic Church

2. Dissent， Reform， and Popuar Religion

Ⅵ. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE MODERN AGE

Chapter Six Protestant Reformation

Ⅰ. BACKGROUND TO THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

1. The Medieval Church in Crisis

2. The Lutheran Revolt

Ⅱ. THE SPREAD OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

1. Calvinism

2. Franee

3. England

Ⅲ. THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE

Ⅳ. THE REFORMATION AND MODERN AGE

Chapter Seven The Modern West: Progress and Breakthrough

Ⅰ. THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Ⅱ. FRENCH REVOLUTION :AFFIRMATION OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY

1. French Revolution （1）

2. French Revolution （2）

3. French Revolution （3）

Ⅲ. THOUGHT AND CULTURE

1. Romanticism in Literature

2. Romanticism in Art

3. Realism

4. Naturalism

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