6．Universal States

ⅩⅩⅢ．Ends or Means？

ⅩⅩⅣ．The Mirage of Immortality

ⅩⅩⅤ．Sic vos non vobis

1．The Conductivity of Universal States

2．The Psychology of Peace

3．The Serviceability of Imperial Institutions

Communications

Garrisons and Colonies

Provinces

Capital Cities

Official Languages and Scripts

Law

Calendars；Weights and Measures；Money

Standing Armies

Civil Services

Citizenships

7．Universal Churches

ⅩⅩⅥ．Alternative Conceptions of the Relation of Universal Churches to Civilizations

1．Churches as Cancers

2．Churches as Chrysalises

3．Churches as a Higher Species of Society

a．A New Classification

b．The Significance of the Churches'Past

c．The Conflict between Heart and Head

d．The Promise of the Churches'Future

ⅩⅩⅦ．The Role of Civilizations in the Lives of Churches

1．Civilizations as Overtures

2．Civilizations as Regressions

ⅩⅩⅧ．The Challenge of Militancy on Earth

3．Heroic AgesⅩⅨ．The Course of the Tragedy

1．A Social Barrage

2．The Accumulation of Pressure

3．The Cataclysm and its Consequences

4．Fancy and Fact

NOTE：'The Monstrous Regiment of Women'

9．Contacts Between Civilizations in Space

ⅩⅩⅩ．An Expansion of the Field of Study

ⅩⅩⅪ．A Survey of Encounters between Contemporary Civilizations

1．A Plan of Operations

2．Operations according to Plan

a．Encounters with the Modern Western Civilization

ⅰ．The Modern West and Russia

ⅱ．The Modern West and the Main Body of Orthodox Christendom

ⅲ．The Modern West and the Hindu World

ⅳ．The Modern West and the Islamic World

ⅴ．The Modern West and the Jews

ⅵ．The Modern West and the Far Eastern and Indigenous American Civilizations

ⅶ．Characteristics of the Encounters be-tween the Modern West and its Con-temporaries

b．Encounters with Medieval Western Christ-tendom

ⅰ．The Flow and Ebb of the Crusades

ⅱ．The Medieval West and the Syriac World

ⅲ．The Medieval West and Greek Orthodox Christendom

c．Encounters between Civilizations of the First Two Generations

ⅰ．Encounters with the Post-Alexandrine Hellenic Civilization

ⅱ．Encounters with the Pre-Alexandrine Hellenic Civilization

ⅲ．Tares and Wheat

ⅩⅩⅫ．The Drama of Encounters between Contemporaries

1．Concatenations of Encounters

2．Diversities of Response

ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．The Consequences of Encounters between Contemporaries

1．Aftermaths of Unsuccessful Assaults

2．Aftermaths of Successful Assaults

a．Effects on the Body Social

b．Responses of the Soul

ⅰ．Dehumanization

ⅱ．Zealotism and Herodianism

ⅲ．Evangelism

NOTE：'Asia'and'Europe'：Facts and Fantasies

10．Contacts Between Civilizations in Time

ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．A Survey of Renaissances

1．Introduction—'The Renaissance'

2．Renaissances of Political Ideas and Institutions

3．Renaissances of Systems of Law

4．Renaissances of Philosophies

5．Renaissances of Languages and Literatures

6．Renaissances of Visual Arts

7．Renaissances of Religious Ideals and Institutions

11．Law and Freedom in History

ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．The Problem

1．The Meaning of'Law'

2．The Antinomianism of Modern Western Historians

ⅩⅩⅩⅥ．The Amenability of Human Affairs to'Laws of Nature'

1．A Survey of the Evidence

a．The Private Affairs of Individuals

b．The Industrial Affairs of a Modern Western Society

c．The Rivalries of Parochial States：the Bal-ance of Power

d．The Disintegrations of Civilizations

e．The Growths of Civilizations

f．'There is no armour against Fate'

2．Possible Explanations of the Currency of 'Laws of Nature'in History

3．Are Laws of Nature current in History inexor-able or controllable？

ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．The Recalcitrance of Human Nature to Laws of Nature

ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．The Law of God

12．The Prospects of the Western Civilization

ⅩⅩⅩⅨ．The Need for this Inquiry

ⅩL．The Inconclusiveness of"a priori"Answers

ⅩLⅠ．The Testimony of the Histories of the Civilizations

1．Western Experiences with Non-Western Precedents

2．Unprecedented Western Experiences

ⅩLⅡ．Technology,War,and Government

1．Prospects of a Third World War

2．Towards a Future World Order

ⅩLⅢ．Technology,Class Conflict,and Employment

1．The Nature of the Problem

2．Mechanization and Private Enterprise

3．Alternative Approaches to Social Harmony

4．Possible Costs of Social Justice

5．Living happy ever after？

13．Conclusion

ⅩLⅣ．How this Book came to be Written

Argument

Index