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Volume II — Man in Civilization

The King's Manual · Digital volume

Volume II — Man in Civilization

History, philosophy, religion, and culture

37 chapters across 4 parts

A sweeping tour of how men have lived, worked, fought, and believed across every era and continent — from prehistoric societies through the great philosophical and religious traditions that shaped what manhood has meant.

  • ✓Men in world history, from prehistory to the twentieth century
  • ✓The institutions men have built: fatherhood, work, law, marriage
  • ✓Aristotle, the Stoics, Confucianism, Bushido, and existentialism
  • ✓Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and African and Indigenous traditions
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