{"product_id":"9781842772195","title":"Western Supremacy The Triumph of an Idea","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWestern Supremacy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Triumph of an Idea\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSophie Bessis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ International Relations \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Bessis tells the story of the West's relationship with the world it came to dominate - from the conquest of the Americas, through the slave trade and the Scramble for Africa, the White Man's burden, Manifest Destiny and the growth of scientific racism, to decolonisation, the ideology of development and structural adjustment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Supremacy\u003c\/i\u003e is the history of colonial and developmentalist thought. Starting with the Enlightenment idea of universality it traces how this facilitated a notion of the West rooted in a Hellenic inheritance systematically shorn of Egyptian or Arab influences. Though the hierarchy of races has now given way to the hierarchy of development, Bessis argues that developmentalism is the new incarnation of the West's paradoxical aspiration to lead the world into universalism whilst maintaining its own supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary tour-de-force which will fascinate everybody who has an interest in globalization, development and the history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Bessis has held a number of important editorial and other posts, including head of research and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eJeune Afrique,\u003c\/i\u003e director of the Panos Institute in Paris and editor of \u003ci\u003eVivre Autrement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophie Bessis has held a number of important editorial and other posts, including head of research and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eJeune Afrique,\u003c\/i\u003e director of the Panos Institute in Paris and editor of \u003ci\u003eVivre Autrement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781842772195\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368996012172,"sku":"9781842772195","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e25fb6a3-2321-4884-a38c-8772cb771341.jpg?v=1783877527","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781842772195","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}