The West: The History of an Idea
The History of an Idea
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The West: The History of an Idea is a comprehensive account that reaches to the present day, exploring the multiplicity of current, and not least, prospective future meanings.
After examining the origins, Varouxakis traces the many and often astonishingly surprising changes in the ways in which the West has been understood, and the different intentions and consequences related to a series of these contested definitions.
He concludes with an examination of how, since 2022, definitions and membership of the West have been reworked to consider Ukraine, as the evolution and redefinitions continue.
It shows that it has meant and can mean in the future and can mean today all sorts of different things.
After examining the origins, Varouxakis traces the many and often astonishingly surprising changes in the ways in which the West has been understood, and the different intentions and consequences related to a series of these contested definitions.
He concludes with an examination of how, since 2022, definitions and membership of the West have been reworked to consider Ukraine, as the evolution and redefinitions continue.
It shows that it has meant and can mean in the future and can mean today all sorts of different things.
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Interview with Professor Georgios Waraksikas about his recently published book.
Georgios Varouxakis, "The West: The History of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2025)
