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Language: English
Published by Monthly Review Press, 1997
Series: Book 1 of 2 - Cornerstone Books
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- Title
- Inventing Western Civilization
- Author
- Patterson, Thomas C.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0853459614
- ISBN 13
- 9780853459613
- Item weight
- 0.49 pounds
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Cornerstone Books
"In this wonderful book, Thomas Patterson effectively dethrones the concept of 'civilization' as an abstract good, transcending human society."
--Martin Bernal
Drawing on his extensive knowledge of early societies, Thomas C. Patterson shows how class, sexism, and racism have been integral to the appearance of "civilized" societies in Western Europe. He lays out clearly and simply how civilization, with its designs of "civilizing" and "being civilized," has been closely tied to the rise of capitalism in Western Europe and the development of social classes.
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