The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
Download or Read eBook The Apotheosis of Captain Cook PDF written by Gananath Obeyesekere and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-07-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781400843848 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1400843847 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Apotheosis of Captain Cook by : Gananath Obeyesekere
Book excerpt: 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.
