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The Eastern origins of Western civilization / John M. Hobson.

By: Hobson, John MMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004. Description: xiii, 376 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN: 0521838355; 0521547245Subject(s): East and West | Civilization, Western -- HistoryDDC classification: 909.09821 Online resources: WorldCat Details
Contents:
Table of contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Countering the Eurocentric myth of the pristine West: discovering the oriental West; Constructing the Eurocentric/Orientalist foundations of the mainstream theories of the rise of the West; The illusion of Eurocentrism: discovering the oriental West; Part I The East as an early developer: the East discovers and leads the world through oriental globalisation, 500-1800
Summary: John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. He describes the rise of the 'Oriental West', arguing that Europe assimilated Eastern inventions and appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book places Eastern peoples at the forefront of the story of world history
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909.07 AME 2009 Eurocentrism : 909.07 AME 2009 Eurocentrism : 909.0974927 TAA 1982 The Arab balance of power / 909.09821 HOE 2004 The Eastern origins of Western civilization / 909.09821 KAW 1991 The Western heritage / 909.8 JAG 1993 Passionate sage : 909.8 JAG 1993 Passionate sage :

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-368) and index.

Table of contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Countering the Eurocentric myth of the pristine West: discovering the oriental West; Constructing the Eurocentric/Orientalist foundations of the mainstream theories of the rise of the West; The illusion of Eurocentrism: discovering the oriental West; Part I The East as an early developer: the East discovers and leads the world through oriental globalisation, 500-1800

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. He describes the rise of the 'Oriental West', arguing that Europe assimilated Eastern inventions and appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book places Eastern peoples at the forefront of the story of world history

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