Dear readers,
first of all, I would like to welcome my new subscribers, your interest is very appreciated.
For the fifth episode of the Why the West podcast, I have the pleasure of welcoming Christophe Dickès, a French historian and journalist specializing in Catholicism and the Vatican. He has just written Pour l'Église (For the Church), a book in which he recalls what we Westerners owe to the Christian religion.
You can watch the interview on the Why The West YouTube channel (click here). The interview is in French, but YouTube's automatic English subtitle translation tool works very well. Click the Parameter button at the bottom right of the video to activate it.
And now that 2024 is behind us, here are the 3 most shared posts last year on Why the West:
On How the West Became Psychologically Different and Shaped the Modern World:
Understanding the processes behind the U.S. and Europe’s technological and economic takeoff from the mid-second millennium onwards:
Interview on the bestseller that seeks to answer the question: why did the West dominate the world, and not the other way around? Whith American Historian David Landes
Thank you for all the support,
Guillaume
Find all previous issues of Why the West on the homepage of the site. You can also follow me on X (ex-twitter).