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1．Introduction 15

Ⅰ．The Unit of Historical Study 15

Ⅱ．The Comparative Study of Civilizations 28

Ⅲ．The Comparability of Societies 53

1．Civilizations and Primitive Societies 53

2．The Misconception of'The Unity of Civilization' 54

3．The Case for the Comparability of Civilizations 60

4．History,Science and Fiction 62

2．The Geneses of Civilizations 67

Ⅳ．The Problem and How Not To Solve It 67

1．The Problem Stated 67

2．Race 70

3．Environment 75

Ⅴ．Challenge and Response 81

i．The Mythological Clue 81

2．The Myth Applied to the Problem 89

Ⅵ．The Virtues of Adversity 103

Ⅶ．The Challenge of the Environment 112

1．The Stimulus of Hard Countries 112

2．The Stimulus of New Ground 124

3．The Stimulus of Blows 134

4．The Stimulus of Pressures 138

5．The Stimulus of Penalizations 153

Ⅷ．The Golden Mean 170

1．Enough and Too Much 170

2．Comparisons in Three Terms 176

3．Two Abortive Civilizations 185

4．The Impact of Islam on the Christendoms 192

3．The Growths of Civilizations 197

Ⅸ．The Arrested Civilizations 197

1．Polynesians,Eskimos and Nomads 197

2．The'Osmanlis 205

3．The Spartans 213

4．General Characteristics 216

NOTE.Sea and Steppe as Language-conductors 221

Ⅹ．The Nature of the Growths of Civilizations 223

1．Two False Trails 223

2．Progress towards Self-determination 235

Ⅺ．An Analysis of Growth 247

1．Society and the Individual 247

2．Withdrawal and Return：Individuals 256

3．Withdrawal and Return：Creative Minorities 271

Ⅻ．Differentiation through Growth 283

4．The Breakdowns of Civilizations 286

ⅩⅢ．The Nature of the Problem 286

ⅩⅣ．Deterministic Solutions 289

ⅩⅤ．Loss of Command over the Environment 298

1．The Physical Environment 298

2．The Human Environment 304

3．A Negative Verdict 317

ⅩⅥ．Failure of Self-Determination 320

1．The Mechanicalness of Mimesis 320

2．New Wine in Old Bottles 325

3．The Nemesis of Creativity：Idolization of an Ephemeral Self 356

4．The Nemesis of Creativity Idolization of an Ephemeral Institution 366

5．The Nemesis of Creativity：Idolization of an Ephemeral Technique 377

6．The Suicidalness of Militarism 388

7．The Intoxication of Victory 402

5．The Disintegrations of Civilizations 414

ⅩⅦ．The Nature of Disintegration 414

1．A General Survey 414

2．Schism and Palingenesia 423

ⅩⅧ．Schism in the Body Social 426

1．Dominant Minorities 426

2．Internal Proletariats 431

3．The Internal Proletariat of the Western World 450

4．External Proletariats 462

5．External Proletariats of the Western World 472

6．Alien and Indigenous Inspirations 481

ⅩⅨ．Schism in the Soul 490

1．Alternative Ways of Behaviour,Feeling and Life 490

2．'A bandon'and Self-Control 502

3．Truancy and Marryrdom 504

4．The Sense of Drift and the Sense of Sin 507

5．The Sense of Promiscuity 519

a．Vulgarity and Barbarism in Manners 519

b．Vulgarity and Barbarism in Art 531

c．Lingue Franche 532

d．Syncretism in Religion 539

e．Cuius Regio eius Religio？ 549

6．The Sense of Unity 563

7．Archaism 575

8．Futurism 585

9．The Self-transcendenice of Futurism 591

10．Detachment and Transfiguration 598

11．Palingenesia 602

ⅩⅩ．The Relation between Disintegrating Societies and Individuals 606

1．The Creative Genius as a Saviour 606

2．The Saviour with the Sword 607

3．The Saviour with the Time Machine 611

4．The Philosopher Masked by a King 613

5．The God Incarnate in a Man 618

ⅩⅪ．The Rhythm of Disintegration 623

ⅩⅫ．Standardization through Disintegration 631

Editor's Note and TablesⅠ-Ⅴ 635

Argument 648

Index 673