Theft of History

Name: Theft of History
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ISBN: 9781107683556

ISBN-10: 1107683556

ISBN-13: 9781107683556

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jack Goody

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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.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction






Who stole what? Time and space



Antiquity: no markets, but did they invent politics, freedom and the alphabet?



Feudalism: transition to capitalism or the collapse of Europe and the domination of Asia



Asiatic despots, in Turkey and elsewhere?






Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe



The theft of 'civilization': Elias and Absolutist Europe



The theft of 'capitalism': Braudel and global comparison






The theft of institutions, towns and universities



The appropriation of values: humanism, democracy and individualism



Stolen love: European claims to the emotions



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