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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Richard Wolinsky\n\n$12 advance tickets: 800-838-3006 or 
 independent bookstores, $15 door, KPFA benefit\n\nOver the past few 
 centuries, as Western civilization has enjoyed an expanding geographic 
 domain, Westerners have observed other cultures rarely, and then usually 
 with scant interest in what they saw in us. What the Rest Think of the 
 West, unprecedented in its scope, at last provides a rich historical look 
 through the eyes of observant outsiders as they survey and scrutinize the 
 politics, science, technology, religion, family practices, and gender roles 
 of civilizations not their own. The book emphasizes the broader figurative 
 meaning of looking west in the scope of history.\n\nFocusing on four 
 civilizations-Islamic, Japanese, Chinese, and South Asian-Laura Nader has 
 collected observations made over centuries by scholars, diplomats, 
 missionaries, travelers, merchants, and students reflecting upon their own 
 "Wests." The accounts variously express critique, adoration, admiration, 
 and fear, and are sometimes humorous, occasionally disturbing, at times 
 controversial, and always enlightening. Nader provides informative 
 introductions to each of the selections.\n\n"There are things that only 
 outsiders can see, and the true promise of anthropology has always been to 
 use such insights to allow human beings to understand more of their shared 
 humanity, to understand how we are the same through our 
 differences."\n-David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5,000 
 Years\n\n"Intellectual exchange between the West and Asia has long been 
 one-sided, handicapped further by lack of translations. This superbly 
 introduced and edited anthology, which shows the diverse ways in which 
 visitors from Asia perceived modern Western society and culture, fills a 
 big gap in our self-understanding."  -Pankaj Mishra, author of From the 
 Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/14/18776171.php
SUMMARY:Laura Nader: What the Rest Think of the West: Since 600 AD
LOCATION:Berkeley Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar St\nBerkeley, CA 
 94709\n510-848-3227\nhttp://www.hillsideclub.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/08/14/18776171.php
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