Unit1 History 1
Text A The Importance of History (Excerpts) 3
Text B What Is History? (Excerpts) 13
Unit2 Art 20
Text A On Art and Artists (Excerpts) 22
Text B What Is Art? 35
Unit3 Science and Technology 43
Text A New Concepts as Historical Markers 45
Text B James Watt and the Steam Engine 57
Unit4 Philosophy 64
Text A An Introduction to Philosophy 66
Text B What Use Is Philosophy? 77
Unit5 Race and Nation 82
Text A The Forming of Races and Ethnic Groups 84
Text B A Detailed List of Human Races 94
Unit6 Society 101
Text A Man and Society 103
Text B The Rationalization of Society 114
Unit7 Communication 120
Text A Light, Fire and Smoke as Emergency
Communication Signals 122
Text B Birth of a Language 134
Unit8 Education 140
Text A Confucius¡¯ Educational Thoughts 142
Text B Aristotle¡¯s Educational Thoughts 154
Unit9 Nature and Environment 162
Text A Healing the Divide: Breaking the Boundaries
Between Humans and Nature 164
Text B Nature 174
Unit10 Business 179
Text A What Is Money? 181
Text B The Long Arc Behind Bill Gates¡¯ Wealth (Excerpts) 192
Unit11 Belief and Culture 199
Text A The Four Dimensions of Religion (Excerpts) 201
Text B The Major World Religions and Their Beliefs 213
Unit12 Politics 220
Text A What Is Politics? 222
Text B The General Mechanism of Political Development 234