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Title:
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook - European Mythmaking in the Pacific $36.00
Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlins's 1994 book, How "Natives" Think, which was a direct response to this work.
This edition has some shelf wear on boards and dust jacket. The end paper has a cut out at top right corner.
Second hand Hardback
Stock:
2
ISBN:
9780691056807
SKU:
115221