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The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation (Paperback, New)
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John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts
of the Rise of the West. It is often assumed that since Ancient
Greek times Europeans have pioneered their own development, and
that the East has been a passive by-stander in the story of
progressive world history. Hobson argues that there were two
processes that enabled the Rise of the 'Oriental West'. First, each
major developmental turning point in Europe was informed in large
part by the assimilation of Eastern inventions (e.g. ideas,
technologies and institutions) which diffused from the more
advanced East across the Eastern-led global economy between
500-1800. Second, the construction of European identity after 1453
led to imperialism, through which Europeans appropriated many
Eastern resources (land, labour and markets). Hobson's book thus
propels the hitherto marginalised Eastern peoples to the forefront
of the story of progress in world history.
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