Some things are a given. The value of a good education. Time's
progress. Death. Except most of the ideas that form Western
Civilisation are just that - ideas. Taking cues from Greek
philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about
humanity and human society grew into the tenets we live by, and we
haven't questioned them a great deal since. But isn't it time we
asked who really benefits from the values at the core of our
society? How much truth lies in a science that conjured up 'race'?
Who do laws and nations really protect? Why does it feel like time
is money? What even is 'art'? And the real question - is the West
really as 'civilised' as it thinks it is? This book will put
everything back on the table and ask readers to reconsider what
they thought they knew about civilisation. Taking 10 core values of
Western Civilisation in turn, it will examine the root of the idea,
how it developed, and how it's impacted the way we live. Most
importantly it will reveal how each of these ideas was either
created in opposition to another group of people, or based on ideas
they had first (and better). Uncivilised will ask readers to open
their eyes to the why behind how they think the world works.
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