The Theft of HistoryCambridge University Press, 29 mar 2012 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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The invention of Antiquity | 26 |
a transition to capitalism or the collapse | 68 |
Asiatic despots in Turkey or elsewhere? | 99 |
Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe | 125 |
Elias and Absolutist Europe | 154 |
Braudel and global comparison | 180 |
The theft ofinstitutions towns and universities | 215 |
humanism democracy | 240 |
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achievements activity Africa agriculture ancient Ancient Greece Anderson 1974b Antiquity Arab argued Asia Asiatic behaviour bourgeoisie Braudel Bronze Age capitalism Carthage centres certainly China Chinese Christian cities claims classical commercial complex concept context continued culture democracy despotism discussion dominant earlier early east eastern economy Elias Elias’s elsewhere Elvin emergence empire especially Eurasia eurocentric European example exchange existed Fernandez-Armesto feudalism Finley freedom Ghana Goody Greece Greek growth historians human idea important India Industrial Revolution institutions invention Islam Italy kind later madrasa major manufacture Marx medieval Mediterranean mercantile merchants Mesopotamia modern science Muslim Needham nineteenth century notion ofthe Ottoman partly period Phoenician poetry political problem regimes religion religious Renaissance Roman romantic love Rome scholars secular seen silk similar slave social societies sociogenesis sphere teleological textiles tion towns trade tradition Turkey unique urban Weber western Europe world history writing