Re: Re: racism, eurocentrism

[Brad De Long <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  >  Jim Blaut in his book *The Colonizer's Model of the World* gives a
> >  partial list
> >  of what he takes to be core eurocentric theories. I hope he doesn't mind
> >  me reproducing it here.
> >
> >  1. The Neolithic Revolution-- the invention of agriculture and the
> >  beginnings of a settled way of life for humanity-- occurred in the
> >  Middle East (or bible lands). This view was unopposed before 1930, and
> >  is still the majority view.
>
>
> what's eurocentric about this?- never mind that this is still the
> proven view.

This is one of the odd things about Blaut--that sometimes the Middle
East (all the way to Iran!) is "Europe," and sometimes it is not.

And you seem to think that "truth" has something to do with this: as
the English Common Law did not say, the greater the truth, the
greater the eurocentrism...

:-)


Brad DeLong