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The West: A New History of an Old Idea by NaoΓ­se Mac Sweeney Episodes

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  1. Rivals and Roots

    5/5 Examining the 'rivals' to the modern west and the challenge of new ideas on civilisation.

  2. The West and Modernity

    4/5 As the west enters into the 19th century, questions about its own narrative are raised.

  3. Empire

    3/5 Interrogating the narrative of the west, and its creation of Empire and the 'new world'.

  4. The Illusion of Christendom

    2/5 Naoise Mac Sweeney asks how unified the Christian past of the west actually was.

  5. The Importance of Origins

    1/5 Historian Naoise Mac Sweeney interrogates the origins and narrative of the west.