Inventing Eastern Europe The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment |
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| Author:
| Wolff, Larry |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-2702-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In this provocative, wide-ranging history of how the continent of Europe came to be conceived as divided into "Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe," the author shows that it was not a natural distinction, or even an innocent one, but instead was a work of cultural creation, of intellectual artifice, of ideological self-interest and self-promotion.
In this provocative, wide-ranging history of how the continent of Europe came to be conceived as divided into "Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe," the author shows that it was not a natural distinction, or even an innocent one, but instead was a work of cultural creation, of intellectual artifice, of ideological self-interest and self-promotion.