Europe and Asia beyond East and West

This major new book tackles key questions on Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. The contributors - sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers and historians - show, from a variety of different perspectives, that the conventional equation of Europe with the West must be questioned. Featuring four thematically organized chapters, the book looks at: a post-Western worldAsia in Europe: encounters in historybetween Europe and Asiaotherness in Europe and Asia. Explori