Screen LibraryThe Challenge of Eurocentrism Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects /
Eurocentrism is the current object of a global critique, which has the potential to be as significant as Marxist and Feminist critiques have been. This critique focuses on and dissects the paradigms that have emanated from the European Enlightenment.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230620896 |
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Eurocentrism is the current object of a global critique, which has the potential to be as significant as Marxist and Feminist critiques have been. This critique focuses on and dissects the paradigms that have emanated from the European Enlightenment. "An exciting collection of papers on the distortions of Eurocentric analyses, one that points the way forward to more truly universalistic structures of knowledge." - Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research Scholar, Yale University. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. |
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9780230612273 9780230620896 : 0230620892 : |
| CLC: | F11-0 |
| Contents: | Foreword * Preface- Rajani K. Kanth and Eurocentrism: A Critique * Introduction- The Challenge of Eurocentrism * PART 1: Received Theory, Science, and Eurocentrism * Chapter 1. Eurocentric Roots of the Clash of Civilizations: A Perspective from the History of Science * Chapter 2. Mathematics and Eurocentrism * Chapter 3. Official Corruption and Poverty: A Challenge to the Eurocentric View * PART 2: Perspectives on Africa and South & East Asia * Chapter 1. Economic Development and the Fabrication of the Middle East as a Eurocentric Project * Chapter 2. The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and |