| Description |
xvi, 210 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. A Genealogy of "Western Civilization" 1. Greece: Aryan or Mediterranean? Two Contending Historiographical Models / Martin Bernal. 2. On the Scottish Origin of "Civilization" / George C. Caffentzis. 3. True West: The Changing Idea of the West from the 1880s to the 1920s / Chris GoGwilt. 4. The God That Never Failed: The Origins and Crises of Western Civilization / Silvia Federici -- Satirical Appendix: Oedipus and the Coup / Sol Yurick -- Pt. II. One or Many Civilizations? 5. Mathematics and Eurocentrism / George Gheverghese Joseph. 6. Orientalism, Political Economy, and the Canonization of Indian Civilization / John Roosa. 7. African Languages and European Linguistic Imperialism / Alamin Mazrui. 8. They Came Before the Egyptians: Linguistic Evidence for the African Roots of Semitic Languages / Nicholas Faraclas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- Historiography.
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Civilization, Western.
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| Author |
Federici, Silvia.
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| LC no. |
95007985 |
| ISBN |
0275951545 (alk. paper) |
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0275954005 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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