[PDF.89nq] Inventing Western Civilization (Cornerstone Books)

Inventing Western Civilization (Cornerstone Books)

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 | #524256 in Books |  Thomas C Patterson |  1997-01-01 |  1997-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.37 x5.51l,.45 | File type: PDF | 156 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Marvelous achievement! Quick, clear, and powerful!|By Quickhappy|In the short span of 123 pages, Thomas Patterson delivers a stunning and succinct overview of "Western civilization" and its encounters with "savages," different "races," and the Other. He recounts briefly yet movingly the Spanish onslaught of Native Americans, ancient Greek notions of barbarism, the British col| |What is civilization? How has the word come to take on a hierarchical meaning -- the "civilized" versus the "primitive"? Inventing Western Civilization is about the idea of civilization and how the concept has been appropriated by different groups at different

"In this wonderful book, Thomas Patterson effectively dethrones the concept of 'civilization' as an abstract good, transcending human society."
--Martin Bernal

Drawing on his extensive knowledge of early societies, Thomas C. Patterson shows how class, sexism, and racism have been integral to the appearance of "civilized" societies in Western Europe. He lays out clearly and simply how civilization, with its designs of "civilizing" and "being civilized,...

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