Enduring Western civilization : the construction of the concept of Western civilization and its "others"
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Enduring Western civilization : the construction of the concept of Western civilization and its "others"
Praeger, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780275951542
Description
What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time when there is a widespread perception that Western Civilization is undergoing a historic crisis, and when postmodernism, feminist theory, afrocentrism, deconstruction, and other current philosophical schools define themselves as alternatives to, or critiques of, Western Civilization, this book seeks to trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and to examine the reasons for its endurance. It also suggests ways in which proponents of Western Civilization can co-opt ideas from opponents.
Written from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, the essays in this volume trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and seek to explode many standing beliefs-primarily those which concern the very existence of a Western tradition. Bound to be controversial, the book will be of interest to scholars and activists in the fields of cultural history, anthropology, and the history of ideas, as well as general readers interested in the enduring discussion of the notion of Western Civilization.
Table of Contents
- A Genealogy of "Western Civilisation"
- Greece: Aryan or Mediterranean? - Two Contending Historiographical Models, Martin Bernal
- On the Scottish Origin of Civilisation, George C. Caffentzis
- True West - The Changing Idea of the West from the 1880s to the 1920s, Chris GoGwilt
- The God that Never Failed - The Origins and Crises of Western Civilisation, Silvia Federici
- Satirical Appendix - Oedipus and the Coup, Sol Yurick
- One or Many Civilizations?
- Mathematics and Eurocentrism, George Gheverghese Joseph
- Orientalism, Political Economy and the Canonisation of Indian Civilization, John Roosa
- African Languages and European Linquistic Imperialism, Alamin Mazrui
- They Came Before the Egyptians - Linguistic Evidence for the African Roots of Semitic Languages, Nicolas Faraclas.
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: pbk ISBN 9780275954000
Description
What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time when there is a widespread perception that Western Civilization is undergoing a historic crisis, and when postmodernism, feminist theory, afrocentrism, deconstruction, and other current philosophical schools define themselves as alternatives to, or critiques of, Western Civilization, this book seeks to trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and to examine the reasons for its endurance. It also suggests ways in which proponents of Western Civilization can co-opt ideas from opponents.
Written from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, the essays in this volume trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and seek to explode many standing beliefs—primarily those which concern the very existence of a Western tradition. Bound to be controversial, the book will be of interest to scholars and activists in the fields of cultural history, anthropology, and the history of ideas, as well as general readers interested in the enduring discussion of the notion of Western Civilization.
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