Marxism
mailing list archive
[ Other Periods  | Other mailing lists  | Search  ]
Date:  [ Previous  | Next  ]      Thread:  [ Previous  | Next  ]      Index:  [ Author  | Date  | Thread  ]

Re: [Marxism] The limits of ethnocentric criticism in history: places, sites, and discoveries

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:34:13 -0300, Nestor Gorojovsky wrote:

> So that, and this does not mean to diminish the local populations,
> what the Chinese-or-European did was not only to "discover" the Great
> Capes (Good Hope, Horn, etc.) but indeed to _create them as Great
> Capes_ in creating the network of sea routes that made those capes
> "Great". Put this way, this is not ethnocentric, but simply to
> recognize that some feats are made by specific people.

Complete agreement.

And thanks for deepening my understanding of the matter.


Saludos,
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
--------------------------------
visit http://www.mlwerke.de Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotzki in German

________________________________________________
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text before replying to a message.
Send list submissions to: Marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism

[ Other Periods  | Other mailing lists  | Search  ]