The Theft of History
Jack Goody
Goody raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis.
In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work
to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as
the pervasive Eurocentric or occidentalist biases of so much western
historical writing, and the consequent 'theft' by the West of the
achievements of other cultures in the invention of (notably) democracy,
capitalism, individualism and love. Goody, one of the world's most
distinguished anthropologists, raises questions about theorists,
historians and methodology, and proposes a new comparative approach to
cross-cultural analysis which allows for more scope in examining history
than an East versus West style.
In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work
to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as
the pervasive Eurocentric or occidentalist biases of so much western
historical writing, and the consequent 'theft' by the West of the
achievements of other cultures in the invention of (notably) democracy,
capitalism, individualism and love. Goody, one of the world's most
distinguished anthropologists, raises questions about theorists,
historians and methodology, and proposes a new comparative approach to
cross-cultural analysis which allows for more scope in examining history
than an East versus West style.
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Year:
2012
Edition:
5. print
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
351
ISBN 10:
0521870690
ISBN 13:
9780511261510
File:
PDF, 2.68 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012
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