The Origins of the West and Agape

Notes for a research project in historical sociology

Abstract

The paper proposed an outline for a research project sociological origins of the West and the crisis that is living in modern times. This work, too broad in scope, for the space of an article and the level of knowledge, using Szakolczai’s research and interpretative scheme on the sociology of grace. In particular, in the essay is reinterpreted the concept of grace as a fulcrum for the historical and comparative analysis. This concept is analyzed, from our point of view, as love-agape.