| Description |
x, 201 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. From white to western : 'racial decline' and the rise of the idea of the West in Britain, 1890-1930 -- 2. Communists like us : the idea of the West in the Soviet Union -- 3. Good-bye Asia : the westernisers' West, Fukuzawa and Gokalp -- 4. Soulless occident/spiritual Asia : Tagore's West -- 5. From soulless to slacker : the idea of the West from pan-Asianism to Asian values -- 6. Occidental utopia : the neo-liberal West -- 7. Western dystopia : radical Islamism and anti-westernism |
| Summary |
This book provides a clear, topical and wide-ranging introduction to the idea of "the West." It engages with both Western and non-Western representations and demonstrates that "the West" is not merely a Western idea, but something that many people around the world have long been creating, stereotyping and deploying. Bonnett offers an accessible but provocative portrait of the ambiguities and diverse connotations of "the West," teasing out questions of race, politics and power from the late nineteenth-century to the present day |
| Analysis |
Cultural studies |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index |
| Audience |
Technical/Vocational/TAFE |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
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General |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western.
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East and West.
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| LC no. |
2004052832 |
| ISBN |
1403900345 hardback alkaline paper |
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1403900353 paperback alkaline paper |
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