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In 1990, Robert Young's White Mythologies set out to question the very concepts of history and the West. Is it possible, he asked, to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism? Is history simply a Western myth? His reflections on these topics provided some of the most... Read Full Overview

We must, many now argue, get back' to history. but which one? History has always been a problematical concept in Western theory, particularly for Marxism. In the wake of postmodernism, its status has become ever less certain. Is it possible to write history that avoids the trap... Read Full Overview

The author argues that, if post-modernism marks the loss of centrality of European culture, nowhere has such a dislocation been more marked than in the status of history. He questions the limits of Western knowledge and the relevance of history as seen through the eyes of Western... Read Full Overview

In 1990, Robert Young's White Mythologies set out to question the very concepts of history and the West. Is it possible, he asked, to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism? Is history simply a Western myth? His reflections on these topics provided some of the most... Read Full Overview