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Description edit
This "grandly illuminating study of two centuries of anti-Western ideas" ( Foreign Affairs ) traces the historical roots of a virulent set of stereotypes about Westerners and the West, a cluster of notions and prejudices that Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit call Occidentalism. The path... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
IN JULY 1942, JUST SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE JAPAnese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor and overwhelmed the Western powers in Southeast Asia, a number of distinguished Japanese scholars and intellectuals gathered for a conference in Kyoto.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ian Buruma (Author)
- Avishai Margalit (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594200084
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594200084
Page Count: 176
Awards edit
- The Orwell Prize (2005: Book Prize)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 900
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › History › World
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