Bibliograph

The West, a new history in fourteen lives, Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Type

Label

The West, a new history in fourteen lives, Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The West

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1345214770

Responsibility statement

Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Sub title

a new history in fourteen lives

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The importance of 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 -- Conclusion: The shape of history

resource.variantTitle

New history in fourteen livesNew history in 14 lives

Classification