The West

Name: The West
Brand: Ebury Publishing
SKU: 778285

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781035The Westhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-west-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/401466/3910df1e-9c0e-4842-bc3e-1261c6c96017.jpg?v=638865686639800000284334MXNEbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week A fantastic achievement Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb _________________A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives.We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread stretching from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern Western world. But what if this is wrong?Told through the lives of fourteen fascinating historical figures - including a formidable Roman matriarch, an unconventional Islamic scholar, an enslaved African American poetess and a British prime minister with Homeric aspirations archaeologist and historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney charts how the idea of the West was invented, how it has been used to justify imperialism and racism, and why it is no longer ideologically fit for purpose today.The result is a bold and empowering new story of the people and ideas who made us who we are today....778285The West284334https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-west-3/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/401466/3910df1e-9c0e-4842-bc3e-1261c6c96017.jpg?v=638865686639800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780753558942_W3siaWQiOiIwOGU4YzY4OC1mNDA2LTRmZWQtYmI0Mi1lYzZmNWQwODNiMzgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzOCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjUxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI4NywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMTFUMTA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780753558942_Many of us assume Western Civilization derives from a cultural inheritance that stretches back to classical antiquity, a golden thread that binds us from Plato to NATO.But what if all this is wrong? What if the Western world does not have its ultimate origins in a single cultural bloodline but rather a messy bramble of ancestors and influences? What if The West is just an idea that has been invented, co-opted, and mythologised to serve different purposes through history?As battles over privilege, identity and prejudice rock the cultural wars, its never been more important to understand how the concept of The West came to be. This book tells a bold, empowering new story of how the idea of the West was created, how it has been used to justify imperialism and racism, and also why its still a powerful ideological tool to understand our world.Told through the lives of fourteen fascinating historical figures -- from a powerful Roman matriarch to an Islamic scholar, from a crusading Greek soldier to a founding father of the United States, from a slave girl in the new Americas to a British prime minister -- it casts a new light on how the West was invented, embraced, rejected and re-imagined to shape our world today....(*_*)9780753558942_A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week A fantastic achievement Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb _________________A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives.We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread stretching from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern Western world. But what if this is wrong?Told through the lives of fourteen fascinating historical figures - including a formidable Roman matriarch, an unconventional Islamic scholar, an enslaved African American poetess and a British prime minister with Homeric aspirations archaeologist and historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney charts how the idea of the West was invented, how it has been used to justify imperialism and racism, and why it is no longer ideologically fit for purpose today.The result is a bold and empowering new story of the people and ideas who made us who we are today....9780753558942_Ebury Publishinglibro_electonico_af8c0900-60fe-3e06-8945-c58d0ba63699_9780753558942;9780753558942_9780753558942Naoíse MacInglésMéxico2023-03-02T00:00:00+00:00Ebury Publishing