The East in the West

by Goody, Jack

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Title Statements

Full title :The East in the West / Jack Goody.

Summary

The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as 'static' or 'backward'. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which enabled 'us' and not 'them' to modernise. He then turns to book-keeping, which several social and economic historians have seen as intrinsic to capitalism, arguing that there was in fact little difference between East and West in terms of mercantile activity. Other factors said to inhibit the East's development, such as the family and forms of labour, have also been greatly exaggerated. This Eurocentrism both fails to explain the current achievements of the East, and misunderstands Western history. The East in the West starts to redress the balance, and so marks a fundamental shift in our view of Western and Eastern history and society.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 295 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139171052, 1139171054, 9780521553605, 0521553601, 9780521556736, 0521556732
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139171052
oclc:ocn967414607
LC Classification:HF5605
Dewey Decimal:657/.2/0954

Subjects

Bookkeeping Bookkeeping -- Cross-cultural studies Commerce Cross-cultural studies Entreprises familiales -- Études transc… Family-owned business enterprises Family-owned business enterprises -- Cr… History India India -- Commerce Tenue des livres -- Études transculture…