The garden and the jungle : how the West sees the world / Edwy Plenel ; translated from the French by Luke Leafgren.
| Author/creator | Plenel, Edwy author. |
| Other author | Leafgren, Luke, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Other Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xiv, 161 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Jardin et la jungle. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/52e812bb-21b0-5571-776b-f08a0b922d43 |
| Portion of title | How the West sees the world |
| Contents | Address to Europe -- The Bruges Speech -- The Battle for Rights -- Their Hatred of Equality -- Turning the World Upside Down -- The Colonial Question -- A Villa in the Jungle -- The Creole Gardens -- The Triumph of Death -- Humanity and the Earth. |
| Abstract | "An award-winning French journalist's far-ranging critique of Europe's betrayal of universal values and equal rights as war and right-wing populism spread worldwide, with a new introduction for U.S. readers. "Europe is a garden...It is the best combination of political freedom, economic prosperity, and social cohesion that the humankind has been able to build...Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle could invade the garden." This was how Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, characterized the situation in 2022, several months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and one year before Israel's war against Gaza. Europe has a singular image of itself and of the world. It persists in thinking of itself as the cradle of civilization, the incarnation of good and justice, and in believing itself to be threatened by a global environment where savagery, darkness, and evil reign. Clinging to this fantasy inherited from a colonial past, it is lost and misguided, turning its back on the values of humanism and equality to which it nevertheless claims to adhere. As long as Europe and, with it, the political West, have not renounced their desire for power, there will unite against them the resentment of all the peoples who have had the bitter experience of their domination over the last five centuries. Because the "jungle" is Europe's own creation, produced by the blindness of conquest and exploitation. This powerful essay is an invitation to rebuild a Europe that is truly concerned about the fragility of the world and of life, with an acute awareness of the perils that threaten humanity"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Original title "Le jardin et la jungle: Adresse à l'Europe sur l'idée qu'elle se fait du monde" published by Editions La Decouverte in 2024. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language | In English, translated from the French. |
| Translation of | Translation of: Plenel, Edwy Jardin et la jungle Paris : La Découverte, 2024 9782348083242 |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Plenel, Edwy Garden and the jungle New York : Other Press, [2025] 9781635425604 |
| LCCN | 2025004460 |
| ISBN | 9781635425598 |
| ISBN | 163542559X paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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