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... This chapter of book explores the advantage that particular forms of anthropology have for comparative analysis and seeks to ground the study of the fragment theoretically. Anthropology is the only social science that reflects on Western ethnocentrism and takes the problem of translation...

...The Fragment and the Whole This chapter of book explores the advantage that particular forms of anthropology have for comparative analysis and seeks to ground the study of the fragment theoretically. Anthropology is the only social science that reflects on Western ethnocentrism and takes...

... Received knowledge of the Indian Ocean is based on Western primary sources, most of which date to the early modern and modern periods. Although often providing valuable observations, these sources are ultimately ethnocentric. This chapter presents and analyzes some of the most valuable sources...

... rights used African gods, described as “fetishes,” as metaphors to criticize their European opponents in debates over tariffs, democracy, consumerism, and the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Marx's advocacy of industrial workers' rights borrowed this ethnocentric vocabulary and took for granted...

... A striking 1972 painting by Wartuma Tjungurrayi known as The Trial receives detailed analysis. The painting is one of many that the artist did of this place and story, which inspires him in its many aspects, as it is the central source of his identity. The discussion dissects the ethnocentrism...

... primary sources, most of which date to the early modern and modern periods. Although often providing valuable observations, these sources are ultimately ethnocentric. This chapter presents and analyzes some of the most valuable sources in non-Western languages that are available in translation, many...

... of the Roman Catholic Church. Marx's advocacy of industrial workers' rights borrowed this ethnocentric vocabulary and took for granted both the virtue of settler colonialism and anti-Abolitionist representations of the enslaved African. This Afro-Atlantic backdrop of Marx's ideas and activism have been...