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- catalog abstract "A contribution to the rapidly developing field of Afrocentric studies, this book is a thoughtful critique of Eurocentric traditions of social and historical analysis--principally Marxist and liberal orientations--and an argument in favor of studying African history and culture from a specifically Afrocentric point of view. According to Clinton M. Jean, there is a poor fit between European theories and African realities, and this disjunction has contributed to a tragic history of racism and colonial exploitation. He argues for the historical priority of African culture and for the acceptance of African communal structures as models for peaceful, nonexploitative social organization elsewhere in the world. This is not a dispassionate work of "value-free" social science, but rather an engaged statement of a position, designed to question the assumptions of such conventional approaches and to promote constructive debate. It draws on Jean's experience as a Trinidadian who received his professional education in American universities.".
- catalog contributor b3265058.
- catalog coverage "Africa, Sub-Saharan Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "Africa, Sub-Saharan Historiography.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "A contribution to the rapidly developing field of Afrocentric studies, this book is a thoughtful critique of Eurocentric traditions of social and historical analysis--principally Marxist and liberal orientations--and an argument in favor of studying African history and culture from a specifically Afrocentric point of view. According to Clinton M. Jean, there is a poor fit between European theories and African realities, and this disjunction has contributed to a tragic history of racism and colonial exploitation. He argues for the historical priority of African culture and for the acceptance of African communal structures as models for peaceful, nonexploitative social organization elsewhere in the world. This is not a dispassionate work of "value-free" social science, but rather an engaged statement of a position, designed to question the assumptions of such conventional approaches and to promote constructive debate. It draws on Jean's experience as a Trinidadian who received his professional education in American universities.".
- catalog description "Foreword / James Jennings -- 1: Mainstream Thinking and Modern Life -- Living in the Present and Misinterpreting the Past -- 2: And What about the Radical Alternative? -- 3: For Those Who Think Black Studies Can Be Too Nationalist.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).".
- catalog extent "xxi, 113 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Behind the Eurocentric veils.".
- catalog identifier "0870237578 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Behind the Eurocentric veils.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Behind the Eurocentric veils.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "305.8/0096 20".
- catalog subject "Ethnocentrism Europe.".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Africa, Sub-Saharan Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Eurocentrism.".
- catalog subject "GN645 .J42 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / James Jennings -- 1: Mainstream Thinking and Modern Life -- Living in the Present and Misinterpreting the Past -- 2: And What about the Radical Alternative? -- 3: For Those Who Think Black Studies Can Be Too Nationalist.".
- catalog title "Behind the Eurocentric veils : the search for African realities / Clinton M. Jean ; foreword by James Jennings.".
- catalog type "text".