Jack Goody (1919–2015)
Author of The Theft of History
About the Author
Jack Goody is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College
Series
Works by Jack Goody
The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society (Studies in Literacy, the Family, Culture and the State) (1986) 116 copies
The Interface between the Written and the Oral (Studies in Literacy, the Family, Culture and the State) (1987) 86 copies
The Development of the Family and Marriage in Europe (Past and Present Publications) (1983) — Author; Foreword, some editions — 80 copies
Family and inheritance : rural society in Western Europe, 1200-1800 (1976) — Editor; Contributor — 25 copies
The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups (Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology) (1958) — Author — 17 copies
The expansive moment : the rise of social anthropology in Britain and Africa, 1918-1970 (1995) 14 copies
The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive: Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of… (1990) 10 copies
Changing social structure in Ghana: Essays in the comparative sociology of a new state and an old tradition (1975) 5 copies
Death, Property and the Ancestors: A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lodagaa of West Africa (1962) 3 copies
Mit, ritüel ve söz 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Goody, John Rankine
- Other names
- Goody, Jack (Surnom)
- Birthdate
- 1919-07-27
- Date of death
- 2015-07-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Education
- St Albans School
University of Cambridge (St John's College) (BA ∙ PhD - Anthropology) - Occupations
- professor emeritus
anthropologist - Relationships
- Mitchell, Juliet (3rd wife)
- Organizations
- University of Cambridge
- Awards and honors
- University of Cambridge (Fellow ∙ St John's College)
Knight Bachelor
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Central to the argument is the idea that Europe developed Sui Generis from the rest of the world, almost hermetically sealed off from the scientific, political, cultural and religious influences of Africa, Asia, and indeed the whole world.
In so doing, western historians defined the continent as having exceptional and unique qualities, immaculately conceived from the days of Classical Greece, despite the contradictions that had to be glossed over in the process.
Interlaced through this was the attempt to define Europeans as biologically distinct and superior to other peoples, and thereby justify their domination over the entire world.
Goody dissects the historical record of these attempts, and most damningly of all, often use the words of the very individuals who participated in these fraudulent notions to state his case against them.
He describes the attempts by Imperialist historians and philosophers to downplay, obfuscate and sometimes even distort the historical record of the numerous and profound ways in which Africa and Asia influence European culture and thought, starting from the days of Pre-classical Greece to 19th century.
Having said that those who already accept the notions of Western exceptionalism are hardly going to be swayed by this book.
To those willing to accept validity of such a critique to begin with, there are things that may strike you as new and refreshing.… (more)