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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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Who owns the term 'Western civilization' and its defense?

Varouxakis urges not to cede the language of Western civilization to reactionary users and shows how meanings vary historically.

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