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The East in the West

By Jack Goody

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
9780521556736, 9781316042267, 9780521553605
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
62 MB (65316113 bytes)
Pages
304\304
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-15 05:04:24

Description

The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia, which much European history and social theory has seen as "static" or "backward." Jack Goody challenges these Eurocentric assumptions, including the notion of a special Western rationality, and differences in mercantile activity. Other factors "inhibiting" the East's development, such as the role of the family, have also been greatly exaggerated, and have contributed to a misunderstanding of both Eastern and Western history and society. This wide-ranging and provocative book begins to redress the balance.

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