Enduring Western Civilization: The Construction of the Concept of Western Civilization and Its Others

by Silvia Federici

Book Overview

What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time when there is a widespread perception that Western Civilization is undergoing a historic crisis, and when postmodernism, feminist theory, afrocentrism, deconstruction, and other current philosophical schools define themselves as alternatives to, or critiques of, Western Civilization, this book seeks to trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951545
• ISBN13: 9780275951542
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"