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Civilization, Western --- Civilization --- History

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Islam --- Muslims --- Civilization, Western --- Civilization, Western --- Culture and globalization.

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Most historical accounts of "the West" take it for granted that the guiding principles of the Western tradition—reason, progress, and freedom—have been passed down directly from ancient Greece to modern Europe, evolving in isolation from all non-Western cultures. Today, many political analysts and cultural critics maintain that the Western tradition is fast approaching its end, for better or worse, as it becomes more and more integrated with non-Western cultures in an increasingly globalized world. But what if we are witnessing something else entirely—not the "end" of the West but rather another historical mutation of the idea of the West itself?This groundbreaking work shows that whether the West is hailed as the source of all historical progress or scorned as the root of all cultural imperialism, it remains a deeply problematic concept that is intrinsically connected to an ethnocentric view of the world. In a critical reading of the continental philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida as well as the postcolonial thinkers Said, Mohanty, Bhabha, and Trinh, Sean Meighoo strikes at the intellectual foundations of Western exceptionalism until its ideological supports show through. Deconstructing the concept of the West in his provocative interpretations of Martin Bernal's controversial publication Black Athena and the Beatles' second film Help!, Meighoo poses a formidable question to philosophers, writers, political analysts, and cultural critics alike: Can we mount an effective critique of Western ethnocentrism without reinforcing the very idea of the West?

Civilization, Western. --- Civilization, Western --- Ethnocentrism. --- Postcolonialism --- Continental philosophy. --- Culture --- Philosophy --- Intellectual life --- Teleology. --- East and West. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- History.

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Cet essai a pour but de montrer comment la pensée critique née dans la Grèce antique a marqué durablement l'histoire occidentale puis s'est étendue à l'échelle mondiale et dans toutes les cultures religieuses. Cette analyse prend ses distances vis-à-vis des approches d'Hans Blumenberg, Marcel Gauchet et Rémi Brague et s'appuie sur la pensée satiriste de Lucien de Samosate.

Philosophie grecque --- Civilisation occidentale --- Influence --- Philosophy, Modern --- Civilization, Western --- Critical thinking --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Greek influences --- Greece --- Pensée critique --- Philosophie ancienne --- Philosophie moderne --- Influence grecque --- Pensée critique --- Civilization, Western - Greek influences --- Philosophy, Ancient - Influence --- Esprit critique. --- Civilisation occidentale. --- Influence.

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"An Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies: the active rejection of the material world. This is evident in a number of cultural projects, including anti-consumerism and asceticism, as well as other attempts to transcend material circumstances. Exploring the cultural work which can be done when the material is rejected, and the social effects of these 'dematerialisations', this book looks at the way people 'disengage' from the world as a specific kind of physical engagement which has profound implications for our understanding of personhood and materiality. Using case studies which range widely in time over Western societies and the technologies of materialising the immaterial, from icons to the scanning tunnelling microscope, Buchli addresses the significance of immateriality for our own economics, cultural perceptions, and emerging forms of social inclusion and exclusion. An Archaeology of the Immaterial is thus an important and innovative contribution to material cultural studies, demonstrating that the making of the immaterial as well as the material are both profoundly powerful operations which work to exert social control and delineate the borders of the imaginable and the enfranchised"--Provided by publisher.

Immaterialism (Philosophy). --- Material culture --- Asceticism. --- Transcendence (Philosophy). --- Technological innovations --- Civilization, Western. --- Social archaeology --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy. --- History.