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The West: The History of an Idea Michael Reit ASIN: 4883191850A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did the West come to be used as a collective self designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did Westerners begin to refer to themselves in this way? Was the idea handed down from the ancient Greeks, or coined by nineteenth century imperialists? Neither, writes Georgios Varouxakis in The West, his ambitious and fascinating genealogy of the idea. The West was not used