Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 0230338763
- ISBN-13
- 9780230338760
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-21
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Robert A. Williams, Jr.
Description
Presents an intellectual history of the West's bias against tribalism that explains how acts of war and dispossession have been justified in the name of civilization and have typically victimized tribal groups.
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