How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, For Example
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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... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226733696
ISBN13:9780226733692
Release Date:October 1996
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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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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