Description: Current theories and views on the differences in the 'mind' of human societies depend very much on a dichotomy between 'advanced' and 'primitive', or between 'open' and 'closed', or between 'domesticated' and 'savage', that is to say, between one of a whole variety of 'we-they' distinctions. Professor Goody argues that such an approach prevents any serious discussion of the mechanisms leading to long-term changes in the cognitive processes of human cultures or any adequate explanation of the changes in 'traditional' societies that are taking place in the world around us. In this book he attempts to provide the framework for a more satisfactory explanation by relating certain broad differences in 'mentalities' to the changes in the means of communication, and specifically to the series of shifts involved in the development of writing. The argument is based upon theoretical considerations, as well as empirical evidence derived from recent fieldwork in West Africa and the study of a wide range of source material on the ancient societies of the Near East.
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Subject: Social Sciences
EAN: 9780521292429
ISBN: 9780521292429
Release Year: 1977
Book Title: The Domestication of the Savage Mind
Book Series: Themes in the Social Sciences
Title: The Domestication of the Savage Mind
Genre: Society & Culture
Release Date: 24/11/1977
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jack Goody
Publication Name: Domestication of the Savage Mind
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Themes in the Social Sciences Ser.
Publication Year: 1977
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
