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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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Why 'the West' replaced 'Europe' in 19th-century thought

Varouxakis argues the term arose to distinguish Western Europe from Russia and to meet new political needs.

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