Barbaric Others

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A Manifesto on Western Racism

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A book about the convenient myopia which, through the ages, has allowed - and continues to allow - the West to see other peoples as subjects, infidels, even "savages". The authors begin by setting Columbus' travels in context and revealing the extent to which his "voyage of discovery" mirrored the colonial anxieties of the times. This is an account of Eurocentricity in its most potent forms - from the medieval view of demons and demigods, to the colonial perception that those who were not like us were somehow less than human, existing only to be used like any other commodity.

Author Biography:

Ziauddin Sardar is a London-based scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and intellectual specialising in Muslim thought, futures studies and science and cultural relations. He is the author of How Do You Know?: Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations (Pluto, 2006), Aliens R Us: The Other in Science Fiction Cinema (Pluto, 2002) and Postmodernism and the Other (Pluto, 1997). Ashis Nandy is an Indian political psychologist and social theorist. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided critiques of European colonialism, development, modernity, secularism, Hindutva, science, technology, nuclearism, cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He is the author of over 20 books. Merryl Wynn Davies is a writer and broadcaster. At the BBC she worked for Everyman, Heart of the Matter and Global Report and was a regular contributor to the Muslim magazine Afkar/Inquiry. Her books include 'Knowing One Another: Shaping an Islamic Anthropology' (1988) and 'Darwin and Fundamentalism' (2000) and a trilogy on America with Ziauddin Sardar from 'Why do People Hate America?' (2003) to 'Will America Change?' (2008).

Release date Australia

July 20th, 1993

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

128

Dimensions

140x216x6

ISBN-13

9780745307435

Product ID

13947661

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