The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521547246)

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the "Rise of the West" that assume that Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander. Describing the rise of what he calls the "Oriental West", Hobson argues that Europe first assimilated many Eastern inventions, and then appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book thus propels the hitherto marginalized Eastern peoples to the forefront of the story of progressive world history.

Author: John M. Hobson
ISBN-10: 0521547245
ISBN-13: 9780521547246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2004
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d