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European miracle en · PROPN

Etymology

Coined in 1981 by Eric Jones.

Meanings

  1. The rise of Europe to geopolitical dominance during the modern period.
    • As Karl Ferdinand Werner has pointed out, the 'European miracle' 'did not take place after the 'Middle Ages' or in spite of the 'Middle Ages', but because of the existence of a Christian world dominated in the West by Catholic doctrines, a world we have become accustomed to call the Middle Ages.' 1999, Hans Albert, Between Social Science, Religion and Politics, Essays in Critical Rationalism, page 205:

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Synonyms

Rise of the West · Great Divergence