An outstanding book that should be compulsory reading. If you want to get to the route of why Western Civilisation and the route it took to get there isn't so civilised - read this book. Subhadra Das takes readers through core pillars of Western ideas combining art, philosophy, politics, science and education to reveal the origins of our 'civilised-ness' actually lies in exploitation, slavery, empire and the taking of ideas from other cultures and calling them our own. Enlightening, engaging and such an important read.