Eurocentrism and the Politics of Global History

Alessandro Stanziani author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Birkhauser Verlag AG

Published:13th Aug '18

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Global history locates national histories in the context of broader processes, in which the West is not necessarily synonymous with progress. And yet it often suffers from the same Eurocentrism that plagues national history, accepting Western categories and values uncritically and largely ignoring non-English historiographies. Alessandro Stanziani examines these tensions and asks what global history is and ought to be. Drawing upon a wide array of sources, he historicizes global history writing from the sixteenth century onward, tracing the forces of revolution, globalization, totalitarianism, colonization, decolonization and the Cold War. By considering global history in the context of a longue durée, multipolar perspective, this book assesses the strengths and limits of the field, and clarifies what is at stake.

ISBN: 9783319947396

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

153 pages

1st ed. 2018