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1	History of Western Philosophy more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, ... see all copies from $2.77! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies more books like this by Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit add to wishlist Misperceptions and stereotypes govern much of the way the West is viewed by the rest of the world. These pernicious, and often striking, ways of looking at and talking about the West encourage members of movements such as radical Islam, becoming are the soil in which hate grows. Ian Buruma identifies some of these views, traces their origins in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.24! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Home and Exile more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist These lectures, given at Harvard in 1998 by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, cover topics ranging from his own youth and the genesis of his great novel THINGS FALL APART, to the depiction of Africa in English writing, the dangers of rampant multiculturalism, and the even greater dangers of imperialism. see all copies from $2.18! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	To Change China: Western Advisers in China more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume illuminate the folly of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, and others who foolishly believed they could transform the religious and cultural traditions of this vast, enigmatic country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
5	African Art and the Colonial Encounter: Inventing a Global Commodity more books like this by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir add to wishlist Explores African art and artistic production in a volatile global marketplace see all copies from $17.95! new only from $25.04! \| SVS
6	The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art, Revised and Expanded Edition more books like this by Michael Sullivan add to wishlist In this text, the author leads the reader through four centuries of interaction between the artists of China and Japan and those of Western Europe. From Hokusai to van Gogh, the author shows how artistic interpretation has enriched our vision of artists and their aims both East and West. see all copies from $18.15! new only from $53.84! \| first editions
7	History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances From.. more books like this by Bertrand Arthur Russell add to wishlist This comprehensive work presents the history of Western philosophy in its social, economic and political context, enlivened by Bertrand Russell's profound and lucid insight and wit. see all copies from $4.95! first editions \| SVS
8	The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Professor Kam Louie, Professor Bonnie S McDougall add to wishlist In this ground-breaking book, Bonnie S. McDougall and Kam Louie present the first comprehensive, integrated survey of twentieth-century Chinese literature. The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century traces the development of Chinese literature from the Boxer Rebellion, when the strains of Western influence first emerged, to the Tiananmen ... see all copies from $10.55! new only from $45.94!
9	The Last Crusade: Americanism and the Islamic Reformation more books like this by Michael A Palmer add to wishlist The United States, argues Michael A. Palmer, is engaged in a political crusade to modernize the Islamic world. Americanism is in the vanguard of modernity's relentless advance, promoting capitalist markets and democratic institutions. In the absence of a renaissance or enlightenment, modernization in the Islamic world has been painful and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literature more books like this by Aijaz Ahmad add to wishlist This work provides a critique of the major theoretical statements on "colonial discourse" and "post-colonialism", aiming to dismantle many of the commonplaces and conceits that dominate contemporary cultural theory. see all copies from $3.18! first editions
11 view cover	Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art in and Out of Africa more books like this by Michael D Harris, Moyo Okediji add to wishlist "Transatlantic Dialogue" opens an exciting cultural dialogue at the crossroads where Western and African art traditions intersect. Despite diversity of media, technique, and form, these contemporary African and African American art works and the artists who created them are united by a rich network of connections, exchanges, and associations ... see all copies from $9.95! first editions
12	Modern Currents in Japanese Art more books like this by Michiaki Kawakita, Charles S Terry add to wishlist Part of the "Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art" series, this text is concerned with modern currents in Japanese art. Other titles in the series include "Nara Buddhist Art" and "The Silk Road and the Shoso-in". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
13	The Deer Cry Pavilion; a story of Westerners in Japan 1868-1905. more books like this by Pat Barr add to wishlist This is a sequel to "The Coming of the Barbarians" and deals with the period from the accession of Emperor Meiji to the end of the Ruso-Japanese war. In the author's own words, it is "a story of Meiji Japan through the eyes of the Westerners who were involved in the process of its rapid modernization." The Japanese reactions to this process are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $96.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Japan Encounters the Barbarian: Japanese Travellers in America and Europe more books like this by William G Beasley, G G Gwilliam add to wishlist In this book a distinguished historian of Japan discusses Japan's "cultural borrowing" from America and Europe. W.G. Beasley focuses on the mid-nineteenth century, when Japan's rulers dispatched diplomatic missions to the West to discover what Japan needed to learn, sent students to learn it, and invited foreign experts to Japan to help put the ... see all copies from $15.50! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	Modern China: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Rana Mitter add to wishlist China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still ... see all copies from $7.27! new only from $7.27! \| first editions
16 view cover	China and Charles Darwin more books like this by James Reeve Pusey add to wishlist Although Charles Darwin never visited China, his ideas landed there with force. Darwinism was the first great Western theory to make an impact on the Chinese and, from 1895 until at least 1921, when Marxism gained a formal foothold, it was the dominant Western "ism" influencing Chinese politics and thought. The authority of Darwin, sometimes ... see all copies from $58.49! first editions
17 view cover	Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India more books like this by Dr. Sanjay Seth add to wishlist "Subject Lessons" is a provocative and insightful analysis of the reception of western education in colonial India. Beginning in 1835, British colonizers sought to promote modern, western knowledge in India, primarily through schools. They anticipated that western knowledge would gradually replace indigenous ways of knowing, which they condemned ... see all copies from $15.85! new only from $27.54!
18 view cover	A Western Jesus: The Wayward Americanization of Christ and the Church more books like this by Mike Minter add to wishlist The transcendent Christ found in the Bible is rediscovered and plugged back into the wayward, truth-hungry, over-Americanized world in A Western Jesus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.56! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Great Confrontation: Europe and Islam Through the Centuries more books like this by Ilya V Gaiduk add to wishlist A concise survey of the long and complex history of relations between Europe and Islam, from the early seventh century to the present day. The book differs from other works in its inclusion of Russia as part of European civilization and in describing Russian relations with Islam. Mr. Gaiduk argues that in today's interrelated and interdependent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Wizards & Scientists-PB more books like this by Stephan Palmie, Stephan Palmie add to wishlist In "Wizards and Scientists" Stephan Palmie offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, focusing on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations. Palmie argues that the ... see all copies from $12.49! new only from $30.17! \| SVS
21 view cover	Sirens of the Western Shore: Westernesque Women and Translation in Modern Japanese Literature more books like this by Professor Indra Levy add to wishlist Indra Levy introduces a new archetype in the study of modern Japanese literature: the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. She played conspicuous roles in landmark works of modern Japanese fiction and ... see all copies from $32.00! new only from $58.16!
22 view cover	Clark: Modern Asian Art more books like this by John Clark add to wishlist This text presents a seminal publication focusing on the modern art of Japan, China, India, Thailand and Indonesia. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $16.05! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Western Structures Meet Native Traditions: The Interfaces of Educational Cultures (Hc) more books like this by Cheryl Woolsey Des Jarlais add to wishlist As Western educational practices have become global, the cultural aspects and the problems associated with them have become more apparent as they are contrasted with local ways of learning and knowing in the widely diverse societies around the world. The Western world has tended to assume that its concepts of progress and development should be ... see all copies from $7.61! new only from $39.74! \| SVS
24 view cover	Wizards & Scientists-CL more books like this by Stephan Palmie, Stephan Palmie add to wishlist In "Wizards and Scientists", Stephan Palmie offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, focusing on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations. Palmie argues that the ... see all copies from $11.12! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
25	The western world and Japan. more books like this by Sir George Sansom add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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