Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Towards a Definition of Eurocentrism 3. The Dangers of Eurocentrism 4. European Civilization 5. Eurocentric Maps and Images 6. Geography: Dividing the World 7. The ‘White Man’s Burden’ 8. Historiography 9. Eurocentrism and the European Union 10. General Conclusion

About the Author

Michael Wintle is Professor Emeritus of Modern European History at the University of Amsterdam, where until 2019 he was head of the department of European Studies. He has published widely on Dutch and European history, including The Image of Europe (2009); European Identity and the Second World War (ed. with M. Spiering, 2011); The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries (ed. with H. Dunthorne, 2013); and Narratives of War (ed. with N. Adler and R. Ensel, 2019).