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The West: The History of an Idea
The History of an Idea
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The West: The History of an Idea is a comprehensive account that reaches to the present day, exploring the multiplicity of current, and not least, prospective future meanings.
After examining the origins, Varouxakis traces the many and often astonishingly surprising changes in the ways in which the West has been understood, and the different intentions and consequences related to a series of these contested definitions.
He concludes with an examination of how, since 2022, definitions and membership of the West have been reworked to consider Ukraine, as the evolution and redefinitions continue.
It shows that it has meant and can mean in the future and can mean today all sorts of different things.
After examining the origins, Varouxakis traces the many and often astonishingly surprising changes in the ways in which the West has been understood, and the different intentions and consequences related to a series of these contested definitions.
He concludes with an examination of how, since 2022, definitions and membership of the West have been reworked to consider Ukraine, as the evolution and redefinitions continue.
It shows that it has meant and can mean in the future and can mean today all sorts of different things.
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Mentioned in 5 episodes
Mentioned by 

, referring to her friend George Osvarak Sarkis's new book on the history of the idea of the West.


Josephine Quinn

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332. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Before The Collapse (Ep 1)
Mentioned by 

when discussing recent scholarship on the concept and invention of the West.


Jonah Goldberg

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Handed Down Through the Ages | Interview: Allen Guelzo
Mentioned by 

when discussing the history of the idea of the West and its origins.


Jonah Goldberg

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Don Robby Corleone | Interview: Robert P. George
Aanbevolen door 

als een boek over de geschiedenis van het Westen, vaak in reactie op Rusland.


Rob de Wijk

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Het wordt nooit meer zoals het was
Interview with Professor Georgios Waraksikas about his recently published book.

Georgios Varouxakis, "The West: The History of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Recommended by 

as a very interesting and correct book about the concept of the West.


Alexander Dugin

s08e19 | alexander dugin, in calmversation
Mentioned by Greg LeBlanc when restating the title of the book, 'The West: The History of an Idea'.

588. The Evolution of the West and Western Identity feat. Georgios Varouxakis
Mentioned by Greg LeBlanc as the recent book written by ![undefined]()

, the guest on the podcast.

Georgios Varouxakis

588. The Evolution of the West and Western Identity feat. Georgios Varouxakis







