Tracing the development of Western civilisation from its origins - paradoxically in the East, this book examines the decline in all forms of art and all walks of life. It asks questions about politics, philosophy, psychology and religion and suggests answers, and attempts to present a concept of modern history for complacent times.

Product Description: This book proposes an approach to Eurocentrism as a paradigm of knowledge production and interpretation rooted in the Western narrative of modernity and its racial governmentalities. Accordingly, it interrogates the relationship between knowledge, race, and power at the heart of debates on the making and circulation of history, opening up a tension, not so much with other histories, but with Eurocentrism’s formulas of self-assurance, and attempts to accommodate other narratives...read more

Product Description: After challenging the multicultural effort to “provincialize” the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West’s exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers.