The Theft of History - Brossura

Goody, Jack

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ISBN 10: 1107683556 ISBN 13: 9781107683556

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

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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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.

Contenuti:

Introduction; Part I: 1. Who stole what? Time and space; 2. Antiquity: no markets, but did they invent politics, freedom and the alphabet?; 3. Feudalism: transition to capitalism or the collapse of Europe and the domination of Asia; 4. Asiatic despots, in Turkey and elsewhere?; Part II: 5. Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe; 6. The theft of 'civilization': Elias and Absolutist Europe; 7. The theft of 'capitalism': Braudel and global comparison; Part III: 8. The theft of institutions, towns and universities; 9. The appropriation of values: humanism, democracy and individualism; 10. Stolen love: European claims to the emotions; 11. Last words; Bibliography.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107683556
• ISBN 13: 9781107683556
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352