The West : a new history in fourteen lives /
Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982-
The West : a new history in fourteen lives / Naoíse Mac Sweeney. - x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The importance of origins -- The rejection of purity: Herodotus -- The Asian Europeans: Livilla -- The global heirs of antiquity: Al-Kindī -- The Asian Europeans again: Godfrey of Viterbo -- The illusion of Christendom: Theodore Laskaris -- The reimagining of antiquity: Tullia D'Aragona -- The path not trodden: Safiye Sultan -- The West and knowledge: Francis Bacon -- The West and empire: Njinga of Angola -- The West and politics: Joseph Warren -- The West and race: Phyllis Wheatley -- The West and modernity: William Ewart Gladstone -- The West and its critics: Edward Said -- The West and its rivals: Carrie Lam -- Conclusion: The shape of history.
"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"--the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times--is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--
9780593472170 0593472179
2022055501
Civilization, Western--History.
Civilization, Western--Historiography.
World history--Historiography.
Europe--Civilization.
Europe--Civilization--Historiography.
The West : a new history in fourteen lives / Naoíse Mac Sweeney. - x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The importance of origins -- The rejection of purity: Herodotus -- The Asian Europeans: Livilla -- The global heirs of antiquity: Al-Kindī -- The Asian Europeans again: Godfrey of Viterbo -- The illusion of Christendom: Theodore Laskaris -- The reimagining of antiquity: Tullia D'Aragona -- The path not trodden: Safiye Sultan -- The West and knowledge: Francis Bacon -- The West and empire: Njinga of Angola -- The West and politics: Joseph Warren -- The West and race: Phyllis Wheatley -- The West and modernity: William Ewart Gladstone -- The West and its critics: Edward Said -- The West and its rivals: Carrie Lam -- Conclusion: The shape of history.
"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"--the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times--is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--
9780593472170 0593472179
2022055501
Civilization, Western--History.
Civilization, Western--Historiography.
World history--Historiography.
Europe--Civilization.
Europe--Civilization--Historiography.