Great Books of the Western World

Mecca", is a book written by Muhammad Asad. He is an Austrian Jewish who converted to Islam by the end of the 1920's. The Road to Mecca was not only a description for the author's trip to Mecca, but an intellectual, historical, political and novel book that describes the author's feeling of Islam and the Muslim World. Muhammad Asad was a journalist, traveler, philosopher, historian, diplomat, thinker, scholar and a great believer in the religion he decided to convert to. In this book, Muhammad…

(Whipps). That order could then be copied and reused many times until the blocks broke or changed to print something different, which made it a much faster, more efficient, and more reliable method of recording information than having scribes write each book or paper by hand (Whipps). The invention of the printing press allowed Europeans to read more and caused information and ideas to spread more quickly (Butler). This in turn made them a more intelligent, free-thinking…

technological development revolutionize western civilization around 1500 centuries which unhurriedly metamorphose Europe into the commercial and military leader in world . One main reason for this growth in Europe in 1500 was because of continent’s pluralism. The rise of western civilization continuity around pre 1500 and post 1500 , western civilization characteristics that helped it grow were factor such culture , religion geography and european state system. western civilization greatest…

really force them to question their morals and set up the theme of the book. In the remote village at the base of the mountain they are cut out from the rest of China. Communication is very limited which means information cannot be given or received, and what little…

This book Nothing Daunted is nonfiction. The main characters are Dorothy Woodruff & Rosamond Underwood who was close friends from childhood and they both graduates from the smith college. As the months went by, their confidence grew as they toured a coal mine owned by their new friend Bob Perry. The man who led them out west was Ferry Carpenter, outrageous young lawyer and cattle. Dorothy and Rosamond spent nine months on a grand tour of Europe after college in 1910, then, bored from the…

Orientalism is a term which indicates how the West perceives the East as the ‘other’. Edward Said published his controversial book Orientalism in 1978, which talks about how Orientalism forms an inferior Orient, in terms of knowledge and domination. Edward Said opens his introduction by mentioning the Western’s misconception about the East arguing that “The Orient was almost a European invention” (Said 1). The Orient played a significant role in the creation of the European culture and it…

Rites of Spring: The Great War and Birth of the Modern Age in 1989 and the work has since been named one of the best one hundred books published in Canada by The Literary Review of Canada. Just by reading the title the audience is becomes aware that the book is about the First World War. Even without opening the book some may be able to infer that Eksteins believes there is a relationship between the First World War and the modern age. The title Eksteins chose for his book, which is in…

In his book, Honor and Shame: Unlocking the Door, Roland Muller presents three basic worldview systems that effect every part of human life. The three systems that Muller identifies are: guilt/innocence (right/wrong); honor/shame; and fear/power. Almost every culture has a mixture of two to three of these worldview systems, however, there is always one system that primarily dominates a culture (Muller 2000, 67). Muller looks at how these worldviews effect societies, especially pertaining to the…

In the Western world, books can be found in any shape or form. One may encounter hardback books, paperbacks or indulge in digital editions by using an Orwellian e-reader (e-book reader). Moreover, in terms of content, there are big, philosophical tomes and short stories for children, the two being diametrically opposed. In spite of all this variety, in modern times, books have been neglected, disregarded and abandoned by the younger generation. We seldom see teenagers immerse themselves in pulp…

All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929, after Remarque had served in the trenches for the Germans during World War I. The book quickly became a bestseller throughout the world, with many people claiming the main appeal was the realism. Due to the realism of war in All Quiet on the Western Front, many governments banned or edited it, so that their populace and military wouldn’t be demoralized if they ever went to war again. This was largely caused by the underlying darkness of the book, which can…