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The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects

Rajani Kannepalli Kanth, Amit Basole, Alí A. Mazrui

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Foreword Preface- Rajani K. Kanth and Eurocentrism: A Critique Introduction- The Challenge of Eurocentrism PART I: RECEIVED THEORY, SCIENCE, AND EUROCENTRISM Eurocentric Roots of the Clash of Civilizations: A Perspective from the History of Science Mathematics and Eurocentrism Official Corruption and Poverty: A Challenge to the Eurocentric View PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA AND SOUTH& EAST ASIA Economic Development and the Fabrication of the Middle East as a Eurocentric Project The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and Postcolonial Imaginations in India Eurocentrism, Modernity, and the Postcolonial Predicament in East Asia PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON WEST ASIA, THE AMERICAS, AND THE WEST Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism] On Cultural Bondage: From Eurocentrism to Americocentrism American Myth and The 'Savage Others' What have the Muslims ever done for us? The Islamic Foundations of Western Civilisation 'Eurocentrism: The Next Frontier' Postface: Eurocentrism- Whither Now?

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Foreword Preface- Rajani K. Kanth and Eurocentrism: A Critique Introduction- The Challenge of Eurocentrism PART I: RECEIVED THEORY, SCIENCE, AND EUROCENTRISM Eurocentric Roots of the Clash of Civilizations: A Perspective from the History of Science Mathematics and Eurocentrism Official Corruption and Poverty: A Challenge to the Eurocentric View PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA AND SOUTH& EAST ASIA Economic Development and the Fabrication of the Middle East as a Eurocentric Project The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and Postcolonial Imaginations in India Eurocentrism, Modernity, and the Postcolonial Predicament in East Asia PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON WEST ASIA, THE AMERICAS, AND THE WEST Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism] On Cultural Bondage: From Eurocentrism to Americocentrism American Myth and The 'Savage Others' What have the Muslims ever done for us? The Islamic Foundations of Western Civilisation 'Eurocentrism: The Next Frontier' Postface: Eurocentrism- Whither Now?

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Foreword Preface- Rajani K. Kanth and Eurocentrism: A Critique Introduction- The Challenge of Eurocentrism PART I: RECEIVED THEORY, SCIENCE, AND EUROCENTRISM Eurocentric Roots of the Clash of Civilizations: A Perspective from the History of Science Mathematics and Eurocentrism Official Corruption and Poverty: A Challenge to the Eurocentric View PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA AND SOUTH& EAST ASIA Economic Development and the Fabrication of the Middle East as a Eurocentric Project The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and Postcolonial Imaginations in India Eurocentrism, Modernity, and the Postcolonial Predicament in East Asia PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON WEST ASIA, THE AMERICAS, AND THE WEST Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism] On Cultural Bondage: From Eurocentrism to Americocentrism American Myth and The 'Savage Others' What have the Muslims ever done for us? The Islamic Foundations of Western Civilisation 'Eurocentrism: The Next Frontier' Postface: Eurocentrism- Whither Now?

Key concepts: Eurocentrism, Modernity, Civilization, Political science, Backwardness, Sociology, Intellectual history, Social science

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