Uncivilised : Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra Das

Uncivilised : Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra DasKnowledge is power. Time in money. Justice is blind. Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about humanity and society grew into the tenets many of us still live by today. But if we take a closer look at these ideas, it seems they are not all they are cracked up to be. In fact, some of them are outright

When a man plunges down a cliff

And of all its messed-up nations

as told by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham

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and with echoes of Peter Pan

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featuring artwork from the animated special of We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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