304 Pages
63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book raises awareness of Eurocentrism’s enormous impact and shows how, over the course of five centuries, Eurocentrism has extended its power across the globe.
In the twenty-first century, Eurocentrism’s hegemony remains powerful. By exploring a wide range of sources including Eurocentric maps and images, historiography, and Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden , Wintle uncovers... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Towards a Definition of Eurocentrism 3. The Dangers of Eurocentrism 4. European Civilization 5. Eurocentric Maps and Images 6. Geography: Dividing the World 7. The ‘White Man’s Burden’ 8. Historiography 9. Eurocentrism and the European Union 10. General Conclusion
Biography
Michael Wintle is Professor Emeritus of Modern European History at the University of Amsterdam, where until 2019 he was head of the department of European Studies. He has published widely on Dutch and European history, including The Image of Europe (2009); European Identity and the Second World War (ed. with M. Spiering, 2011); The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries (ed. with H. Dunthorne, 2013); and Narratives of War (ed. with N. Adler and R. Ensel, 2019).
