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Georgios Varouxakis, "The West: The History of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2025)

New Books in Intellectual History

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African American critiques from within the West

Varouxakis analyzes James Baldwin and Richard Wright criticizing the West for failing to live up to its ideals while claiming Western identity.

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