Classicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World, (Paperback)

<p>We'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 <i>Classicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World</i>, 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.</p><p>What links the genocides of the Palestinians in Gaza, the Uyghurs in East Turkestan, and Muslim populations in India? In a word, 'classicism' is the dominant narrative of world history, in which nations and peoples trace their origins to a pre-Islamic time. Muslims are, in this narrative, a people without ancient history: scandalous outsiders who threaten the myth of the nation.</p><p>Urgent, accessible, and unapologetic, <i> Classicism </i>demands 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.</p>

• Classicism: How the West Invented the Ancient World, (Paperback)
• Author: Marchella Ward
• ISBN: 9780745352510
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2027-01-20
• Page Count: 368