The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
| Author | : Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-07-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781400843848 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1400843847 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (847 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Apotheosis of Captain Cook 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. 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.
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