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The Theft of History (Canto Classics)
Jack Goody
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paperback. Goody raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Canto Classics
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107683556
SKU
9781107683556
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