{"product_id":"classicism-marchella-ward-9780745352510","title":"Classicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe've been sold a story about the ancient world: Greece gave us democracy, Rome gave us law, and the West inherited the lot. It's a neat, noble timeline. It is also a dangerous lie. In \u003ci\u003eClassicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e, Marchella Ward reveals this specific version of history for what it really is: not a neutral record of facts, but the structural foundation for modern Islamophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat links the genocides of the Palestinians in Gaza, the Uyghurs in East Turkestan, and Muslim populations in India? In a word, 'classicism' is the dominant narrative of world history, in which nations and peoples trace their origins to a pre-Islamic time. Muslims are, in this narrative, a people without ancient history: scandalous outsiders who threaten the myth of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrgent, accessible, and unapologetic, \u003ci\u003e Classicism \u003c\/i\u003edemands a counter-narrative to the standard Western script. Ward finds the building blocks for this new history in Islamism, long positioned as the enemy, but here offering vital provocations towards a better world not just for Muslims but for all those living on the underside of colonial modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marchella Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745352510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745352510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Marchella Ward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997604622591,"sku":"9780745352510","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classicism-marchella-ward-9780745352510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}