Ethos : A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity / Ahmad Kasravi ; translated by Hamid Rezaei Yazdi.
Ethos is a radical critique of Eurocentrism. In it, Ahmad Kasravi unleashes a scathing attack on Europe's self-perceived superiority as well as on Eastern promoters of the idea. Kasravi proceeds to outline the ills of post-Enlightenment European civilization: imperialism, colonialism, capitalis...
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I.B. Tauris,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A note on translation
- Ahmad Kasravi's critiques of Europism and Orientalism
- Ethos: Book 1
- 1 The world and its inhabitants
- 2 Is the world progressing?
- 3 The consequence of Europe's inventions
- 4 The instruments have changed, the wars remain
- 5 Europe uproots the world's tranquillity
- 6 Can law replace religion?
- 7 Europe's woes
- 8 What will be the consequence of machinism?
- 9 What have the Prophets said and what does Europe say?
- 10 The Europist movement in Iran
- 11 The East loses its treasures
- 12 What is civilization?
- 13 European sciences
- 14 Women should not be wayward
- 15 A leader does not lie to his own people
- 16 We must refrain from looking to Europe
- 17 What is religion?
- 18 Religion is humanism
- Ethos: Book 2
- 1 In God's immaculate name
- 2 How has Europe been entrapped?
- 3 Ancient grudges
- 4 Scepticism and false indoctrination
- 5 The harms of the machine
- 6 Madness
- 7 Bolshevism
- 8 Three pillars of life
- 9 Misguided guides
- 10 The ethos of coexistence
- 11 Brotherly treatment
- 12 Agricultural works
- 13 The laws of Europe [introductory remarks]
- 14 The laws of Europe [on taxation and state administration]
- 15 The laws of Europe [on jurisprudence]
- 16 Good disposition and bad disposition
- 17 The value of Europe's inventions
- 18 East and West
- 19 The Great Geneva Conventions
- 20 What is our argument?
- Afterword Ā'in: A defining text in Ahmad Kasravi's œuvre
- Index
- Imprint