| Western Supremacy: The Triumph of an Idea Contributor(s): Bessis, Sophie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842772198 ISBN-13: 9781842772195 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Sophie Bessis book gives a thorough history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with those parts of the rest of the world it came to dominate. Bessis follows this trajectory, from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of "scientific" racism, on to decolonization, the ideology of development, and structural adjustment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | World - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 909.098 |
| LCCN: 2002031119 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sophie Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with the world it came to dominate - from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the Scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of scientific racism, to decolonisation, the ideology of development and structural adjustment. Western Supremacy is the history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Starting with the Enlightenment idea of universality it traces how this facilitated a notion of the West rooted in a Hellenic inheritance systematically shorn of Egyptian or Arab influences. Though the hierarchy of races has now given way to the hierarchy of development, Bessis argues that developmentalism is the new incarnation of the West's paradoxical aspiration to lead the world into universalism whilst maintaining its own supremacy. An extraordinary tour-de-force which will fascinate everybody who has an interest in globalization, development and the history of ideas. |
