The theft of history

Type:
boek
Titel:
The theft of history
Auteur:
Goody, Jack
Jaar:
2006
Taal:
Onbepaald
Uitgever:
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
Plaatsnummer:
ORPH.PHI GOOD a (Orpheus Instituut)
ISBN:
9781107683556
Paginering:
342
Samenvatting:
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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