Rethinking World History Essays on Europe, Islam and World History

Marshall G. S. Hodgson, Marshall G.S Hodgson — 1993

Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins? This text challenges adherents of Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the roles of Europe and Islamic civilization in world history.