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Georgios Varouxakis
@georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social
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Author of "The West: The History of an Idea" (Princeton University Press, 2025). Professor of the History of Political Thought, Queen Mary University of London.
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Georgios Varouxakis @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social · 19d
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The concept of ‘the West’ seems to mean anything you like
A hundred years ago, T.S. Eliot wrote to Geoffrey Faber, for whose publishing company he had just started work, complaining: ‘The Defence of the West… is a subject about which everyone thinks he has s...
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Georgios Varouxakis @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social · 28d
Good to begin with Poland (though sad it is due to drone attacks): The Moncrieff Show, Newstalk, Ireland, today:

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What is ‘The West’? | Newstalk
Following last night’s shooting down of Russian drones in Polish Airspace, Poland has asked NAT...
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Georgios Varouxakis @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social · Sep 6
Really enjoyed this interview with The Guardian's Philip Oltermann:

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‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means
Was the ‘western alliance’ dreamt up to further American and British interests? Georgios Varouxakis argues that the idea is older, quintessentially European, and even anti-imperialist
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jun 6
Really, really enjoying Georgios Varouxakis' forthcoming book 'The West: The History of an Idea' (out @princetonupress.bsky.social July US, September UK). Thoughtful, through book, and also written in wonderfully crisp and clear sentences, too.
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