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Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism

-In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization.- --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs -Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise.- --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan -This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization.- --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany -Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material.- --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization. --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization. --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism

Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization. --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization. --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise. --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization. --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material. --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism -In a series of short portraits of historical eras and their thinkers, Mazlish captures the changing ways that Western societies have understood the self and visualized the world as they moved from medieval to modern life. . . The book's most interesting claim is that consciousness is being reshaped yet again by the forces of globalization.- --G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs -Tracing the origins of global consciousness through five centuries of history is in itself a daring venture, to do so with concise clarity a remarkable achievement. Bruce Mazlish accomplishes that by employing the scholarship and insights of a long and distinguished career in a wisely personal essay. The categories of analysis and the focus on individual thinkers make for an engaging seminar open to readers at every level of discovery or expertise.- --Raymond Grew, University of Michigan -This book is a beautifully written reflection combining academic expertise with a deep concern about the future of humanity. Mazlish leads the reader through an array of themes ranging from Western intellectual history to the emergence of capitalism and the contours of globalization.- --Dominic Sachsenmaier, Jacobs University, Germany -Written with the sure hand of a distinguished intellectual historian of Europe, Mazlish's 'reflections' offer stimulating explorations of a provocative thesis: the contemporary transition from a specifically European modernity to globalization and a new consciousness of humanity. The conciseness of the essays belies the wealth of knowledge and insight that informs them. The essays are stimulating for the specialist. They should also make great teaching material.- --Arif Dirlik, author, Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism

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