On the Plurality of Civilizations: a Book Report

On the Plurality of Civilizations by Koneczny is a book about civilization studies whose author intends to provide a clear explanation of variety and plurality of civilizations through examining some factors such as language, race, religion, and morality. Going through the history of human civilization, he develops a theory about civilization and its constituent elements and also about the condition of its survival. Then, using this theory, he talks about the differences between the civilizations and explains the reasons of superiority of one over the others. This book for the first time was published in Poland in 1935, and Its English version was published in 1962. The author of the following paper has tried to provide a report of the book based on its framework, and describes the content of the book chapters.