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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: What’s in it for me? Learn how the West became the West.
Chapter 2: Common theories for today’s Western dominance are easily debunked.
Chapter 3: Eastern and Western historical development has barely differed.
Chapter 4: The West got a running start after the last Ice Age thanks to geography.
Chapter 5: By the first millennium BCE, Eastern and Western social development were almost level.
Chapter 6: The start of the first millennium saw the rise and fall of great empires.
Chapter 7: In 1100 CE Eastern social development peaked, but the West split.
Chapter 8: Between 1000 and 1500 Western social development leaped forward due to new trading routes.
Chapter 9: The Industrial Revolution signaled the start of Western rule.
Chapter 10: Despite major wars, the twentieth century was a high point for the West.
Chapter 11: The East is expected to regain its lead by 2103, but there are many unknowns.
Description
Why The West Rules – For Now (2010) is a treatise on Western rule. It examines what “the West” is and how its current dominance came about. Starting with the earliest development of humankind, it rules out racist genetic beliefs and theories of cultural superiority. It describes how East and West have been locked neck and neck in a race for advancement up to the present day. And, of course, it goes on to address the question: will the West’s dominance last?
Who Should Listen
- Anyone wondering why or if the West rules – and what “the West” is
- Historians and archaeologists
- Politicians and those interested in politics