The Idea of the West: Politics, Culture and History

by Alastair Bonnett

The West is on everyone's lips: it is defended, celebrated, hated. But how and why did it emerge? And whose idea is it? This book is about representations of the West. Drawing on sources from across the world - from Russia to Japan, Iran to Britain - it argues that the West is not merely a Western idea but something that many people around the world have long been creating and stereotyping. The Idea of the West looks at how the great political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403900353
• ISBN13: 9781403900357
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"