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Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History
Marshall G. S. Hodgson
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Description for Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History
Hardback. This book rethinks the roles of Europe and Islamic civilisation in world history. Editor(s): Hodgson, Marshall G. S.; Burke, Edmund. Series Editor(s): Adas, Michael; Burke, Edmund, III; Curtin, Philip D. Series: Studies in Comparative World History. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 61.
Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe writ large? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins in Western Europe? In this posthumous collection of essays, Marshall G. S. Hodgson challenges adherents of both Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the place of Europe in world history. He argues that the line that connects Ancient Greeks to the Renaissance to modern times is an optical illusion, and that a global and Asia-centred history can better locate the European experience in the shared histories of humanity. Hodgson ... Read more
Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe writ large? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins in Western Europe? In this posthumous collection of essays, Marshall G. S. Hodgson challenges adherents of both Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the place of Europe in world history. He argues that the line that connects Ancient Greeks to the Renaissance to modern times is an optical illusion, and that a global and Asia-centred history can better locate the European experience in the shared histories of humanity. Hodgson ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Comparative World History
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521432535
SKU
V9780521432535
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Reviews for Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History
"The pieces collected here show perceptive and rigorously developed insights into the problems of writing world history." Edwin J. Van Kley, Journal of Asian Studies "Although several decades have elapsed since they were written, these writings offer immense contemporary value for both general historians and scholars of Islam. Besides providing a compendium of the principal thought of an ... Read more