Prophets of the West;: An introduction to the philosophy of history

Part I. The Metamorphoses Of Augustine's City Of God. Ch. 1 The City Of God And The City Of Man:augustine And Vico -- The City Of God/ Augustine -- The City Of Man / Vico -- Ch. 2 The Philosophies Of Progress: Turgot To Herder -- Voltaire -- Turgot-condorcet -- British Exponents Of Progress -- Kant-herder -- Ch. 3 The Dialectic Of History: Hegel And Marx -- The Dialectical Unfolding Of Spirit: The Hegelian Synthesis -- The Real Dialectic Of History: The Marxist Critique -- Ch. 4 The Evolution Of History: Comte And Spencer -- The Evolution Of Historical Humanity: The Comtean Synthesis -- The Comprehensive Evolution: The Spencerian Critique -- Part Ii. Historicism, Complete And Incomplete. Ch. 5 Critical Historians And Philosophers: Ranke To Rickert -- Critical Historians -- Critical Philosophers -- Ch. 6 Understanding The Meaning Of History: Wilhelm Dilthey -- History And Understanding -- Meaning And History -- Ch. 7 Philosophy-history: Benedetto Croce -- The Idealistic Logic --^ The New Historiography -- The Dialectic Of Progress -- Ch. 8 Critical Philosophy-history: Robin Collingwood -- The New Historicist Logic -- A Critical Philosophy Of History -- Progress And History -- Part Iii. The Rhythms Of History. Ch. 9 The Organic Logic Of History: Oswald Spengler -- Physiognomic And The World-as-history -- Cultures: Life Cycles And Prime Symbols -- The Fate Of The West -- Ch. 10 The Wheel Of Civilization: Arnold Toynbee -- The Cycle Of Civilization -- Progress And Religion -- Ch. 11 The Rhythm Of The Supersystems: Pitirim Sorokin -- The Sociocultural World -- The Rhythm Of The Supersystems -- The Future Of The West -- Ch. 12 Styles And Superstyles: Alfred Kroeber -- The Autonomy Of The Cultural Order -- Comparative Study Of Civilizations -- Part Iv. The Ascent Of History. Ch. 13 Humanistic Evolutionism: Julian Huxley -- Progress And Evolution Revisited -- The Monistic Evolutionary Hypothesis -- Biological Evolution In Action -- Psychosocial Evolution --^ The Religion Of The Future -- Ch. 14 Christian Evolutionism: Teilhard De Chardin -- Cosmogenesis And The Evolution Of Matter -- Biogenesis And The Biosphere -- Noogenesis And The Noosphere -- The Future Of Man -- The Christian Phenomenon. Includes Bibliographical References.