The theft of history /
Goody, Jack
The theft of history / Jack Goody. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - x, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-323) and index.
pt. 1. A socio-cultural genealogy. -- Who stole what? : time and space -- The invention of antiquity -- Feudalism : a transition to capitalism or the collapse of Europe and the domination of Asia? -- Asiatic despots, in Turkey and elsewhere? -- pt. 2. Three scholarly perspectives. -- Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe -- The theft of 'civilization' : Elias and Absolutist Europe -- The theft of 'capitalism' : Braudel and global comparison -- pt. 3. Three institutions and values. -- The theft of institutions, towns, and universities -- The appropriation of values : humanism, democracy and individualism -- Stolen love : European claims to the emotions -- Last words.
0521870690 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780521870696 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0521691052 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780521691055 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006036012
GBA678643 bnb
013552610 Uk
History--Philosophy
Eurocentrism
901 GOO
The theft of history / Jack Goody. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - x, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-323) and index.
pt. 1. A socio-cultural genealogy. -- Who stole what? : time and space -- The invention of antiquity -- Feudalism : a transition to capitalism or the collapse of Europe and the domination of Asia? -- Asiatic despots, in Turkey and elsewhere? -- pt. 2. Three scholarly perspectives. -- Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe -- The theft of 'civilization' : Elias and Absolutist Europe -- The theft of 'capitalism' : Braudel and global comparison -- pt. 3. Three institutions and values. -- The theft of institutions, towns, and universities -- The appropriation of values : humanism, democracy and individualism -- Stolen love : European claims to the emotions -- Last words.
0521870690 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780521870696 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0521691052 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780521691055 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006036012
GBA678643 bnb
013552610 Uk
History--Philosophy
Eurocentrism
901 GOO