White mythologies

By:

Young, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Routledge 2004Description: xv, 287 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415311816

Subject(s):

History--Philosophy

DDC classification:

901YOU

Summary: We must, many now argue, `get back' to history. but which one? History has always been a problematical concept in Western theory, particularly for Marxism. In the wake of postmodernism, its status has become ever less certain. Is it possible to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism?

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index.

We must, many now argue, `get back' to history. but which one? History has always been a problematical concept in Western theory, particularly for Marxism. In the wake of postmodernism, its status has become ever less certain. Is it possible to write history that avoids the trap of Eurocentrism?

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