The West Versus the Rest and The Myth of Western Exceptionalism

In this book, the author attempts to debunk some myths about Western exceptionalism and to evaluate critically the characteristics that make the West superior to the Rest. The author suggests that the West does not represent a homogenous group of countries and that the most common characteristic of...

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Главный автор: Moosa, Imad A.
Формат: Livre numérique
Язык:Anglais
Опубликовано: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Cham : Springer Nature
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Accès Université d'Orléans
Примечание: Springer e-books science politique (Licence nationale)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• The West Versus the Rest and The Myth of Western Exceptionalism
Оглавление:
  • 1. The Ambiguous West
  • 2. Western Exceptionalism as an Ideology
  • 3. Western Exceptionalism: Democracy
  • 4. Western Exceptionalism: The Rule of Law, Judicial Independence and Transparency
  • 5. Western Exceptionalism: Human Rights
  • 6. Western Exceptionalism: Contribution to Science and Technology
  • 7. Western Supremacy: The Views of Huntington, Fukuyama and Ferguson
  • 8. The Western Economic System
  • 9. Further Thoughts on Western Exceptionalism.