Eurocentrism : modernity, religion, and democracy : a critique of Eurocentrism and culturalism / Samir Amin ; translated by Russell Moore and James Membrez.
| Author/creator | Amin, Samir author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Monthly Review Press, ©2009. |
| Description | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Eurocentrisme. English |
| Contents | Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. MODERNITY AND RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATIONS; I. Modernity; II. Modernity and Religious Interpretations; III. Political Islam; 2. CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL TRIBUTARY CULTURES; I. Introduction; II. The Formation of Tributary Ideology in the Mediterranean Region; III. Tributary Culture in Other Regions of the Pre-Capitalist World; 3. THE CULTURE OF CAPITALISM; I. Introduction; II. The Decline of Metaphysics and the Reinterpretation of Religion; III. The Construction of Eurocentric Culture; IV. Marxism and the Challenge of Actually Existing Capitalism. |
| Contents | V. The Culturalist Evasion: Provincialism and Fundamentalism; VI. For a Truly Universal Culture; 4. TOWARDS A NON-EUROCENTRIC VIEW OF HISTORY AND A NON-EUROCENTRIC SOCIAL THEORY; I. The Tributary Mode of Production: The Universal Form of Advanced Pre-Capitalist Societies; II. European Feudalism: Peripheral Tributary Mode; III. Mercantilism and the Transition to Capitalism: Unequal Development, Key to the Miracle of European Particularity; IV. Eurocentrism and the Debate over Slavery; V. Eurocentrism in the Theory of the Nation; VI. Actually Existing Capitalism and the Globalization of Value. |
| Contents | NOTESINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Abstract | Since its first publication twenty years ago, Eurocentrism has become a classic of radical thought. Written by one of the world's foremost political economists, this original and provocative essay takes on one of the great ""ideological deformations"" of our time: Eurocentrism. Rejecting the dominant Eurocentric view of world history, which narrowly and incorrectly posits a progression from the Greek and Roman classical world to Christian feudalism and the European capitalist system, Amin presents a sweeping reinterpretation that emphasizes the crucial historical role played by the Arab Islami. |
| General note | Translation of: L'eurocentrisme. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Amin, Samir. Eurocentrisme. English. Eurocentrism. 2nd ed. New York, NY : Monthly Review Press, ©2009 9781583672075 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781583673973 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1583673970 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctt8jwnx2 JSTOR |
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