{"product_id":"9780745352510","title":"Classicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWard, Marchella\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePluto Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/20\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe’ve been sold a story about the ancient world: Greece gave us democracy, Rome gave us law, and the West inherited the lot. It’s a neat, noble timeline. It is also a dangerous lie. In \u003cem\u003eClassicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World\u003c\/em\u003e, Marchella Ward reveals this specific version of history for what it really is: not a neutral record of facts, but the structural foundation for modern Islamophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat links the genocides of the Palestinians in Gaza, the Uyghurs in East Turkestan, and Muslim populations in India? In a word, ‘classicism’—the dominant narrative of world history in which nations and peoples find their origins in a pre-Islamic time. Muslims are, in this narrative, a people without ancient history: scandalous outsiders who threaten the myth of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUrgent, accessible, and unapologetic,\u003cem\u003e Classicism \u003c\/em\u003edemands a counter-narrative to the standard Western script. Ward finds the building blocks for this new history in Islamism, long positioned as the enemy, but here offering vital provocations towards a better world not just for Muslims but for all those living on the underside of colonial modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234057367807,"sku":"9780745352510","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780745352510_s600x595.png?v=1781542776","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780745352510","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}