How Natives Think: About Captain Cook, for Example
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Book Overview
When Western scholars write about non-Western societies, do they inevitably perpetuate the myths of European imperialism? Can they ever articulate the meanings and logics of non-Western peoples? Who has the right to speak for whom? Questions such as these are among the most hotly debated in contemporary intellectual life. In How "Natives" Think, Marshall Sahlins addresses these issues head on, while building a powerful case for the ability...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226733688
ISBN13:9780226733685
Release Date:May 1995
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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An important work in historical anthropology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is not everyone's cup of tea, but it is a serious and important work enlivened with a humorous edge. It effectively offers one side of a debate on crucial issues in the human sciences. Its author is a leading figure in anthropology and a major thinker more broadly. Even Sahlin's intellectual opponents would acknowledge this as an important work, one that does not deserve the negative review posted here.
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