The Doubts About Core Western Values in the Interwar Period

question 28

Multiple Choice

The doubts about core Western values in the interwar period yielded

• A) a reaffirmation of the rational-humanist tradition.
• B) a complete despair about Western civilization.
• C) solace in new radical ideologies: the variations of totalitarianism.
• D) a rediscovery or reanimation of Christianity.
• E) all of the above

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