The West a new history in fourteen lives / Naoíse Mac Sweeney.

Author/creator Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982-
Format Electronic
Publication Info[New York] : Dutton [2023]
Descriptionx, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Portion of title New history in fourteen lives
Contents The importance with origins -- The rejection of purity : Herodotus -- The Asian Europeans : Livilla -- The global heirs of antiquity : Al-Kindī -- The Asian Europeans again : Godfrey of Viterbo -- The illusion of Christendom : Theodore Laskaris -- The reimagining of antiquity : Tullia D'Aragona -- The path not trodden : Safiye Sultan -- The West and knowledge : Francis Bacon -- The West and empire : Njinga of Angola -- The West and politics : Joseph Warren -- The West and race : Phyllis Wheatley -- The West and modernity : William Ewart Gladstone -- The West and its critics : Edward Said -- The West and its rivals : Carrie Lam -- The shape of history.
Abstract "A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"-the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times-is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 392-423) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022055501
ISBN9780593472170 (hardcover)
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