{"product_id":"western-supremacy-sophie-bessis-9781842772195","title":"Western Supremacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eSophie 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Supremacy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary tour-de-force which will fascinate everybody who has an interest in globalization, development and the history of ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Bessis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842772198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842772195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Sophie Bessis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938912469247,"sku":"9781842772195","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2337cf64-ae7e-4c02-82f9-2b693266fcf0.jpg?v=1681438409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/western-supremacy-sophie-bessis-9781842772195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}