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The challenge of Eurocentrism : global perspectives, policy, and prospects

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The challenge of Eurocentrism : global perspectives, policy, and prospects / edited by Rajani Kannepalli Kanth ; with the assistance of Amit Basole.
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Rajani Kannepalli Kanth.
Description
xxxv, 259 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
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Contents
Rajani K. Kanth and Eurocentrism: A Critique / Nick Hostettler -- Introduction. Challenging Eurocentrism: 45 Theses / Rajani Kannepalli Kanth -- Pt. 1. Received Theory, Science, and Eurocentrism -- 1. Eurocentric Roots of the Clash of Civilizations: A Perspective from the History of Science / Arun Bala -- 2. Mathematics and Eurocentrism / George Gheverghese Joseph -- 3. Official Corruption and Poverty: A Challenge to the Eurocentric View / Ravi Batra -- Pt. 2. Perspectives on Africa, West, South, and East Asia -- 4. Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism] / Mathew Forstater -- 5. Economic Development and the Fabrication of the Middle East as a Eurocentric Project / Firat Demir and Fadhel Kaboub -- 6. The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and Postcolonial Imaginations in India / Rajesh Bhattacharya and Amit Basole -- 7. Eurocentrism, Modernity, and the Postcolonial Predicament in East Asia / Kho Tung-Yi -- Pt. 3. Perspectives on the West: Europe and the Americas -- 8. On Cultural Bondage: From Eurocentrism to Americocentrism / Ali A. Mazrui -- 9. American Exceptionalism and the Myth of the Frontiers / Rajiv Malhotra -- 10. What Have the Muslims Ever Done for Us? Islamic Origins of Western Civilization / John M. Hobson -- Pt. 4. Eurocentrism: Policy and Prospects -- 11. Beyond Eurocentrism: The Next Frontier / Rajani Kannepalli Kanth -- Postface: Eurocentrism - Whither Now? / Rajani Kannepalli Kanth.
ISBN
  • 023061227X
  • 9780230612273
LCCN
  • 2008039126
  • 40016656157
OCLC
  • 226356992
  • ocn226356992
  • SCSB-5468434
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Columbia University Libraries