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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific

hardcover – July 15, 1992
by Obeyesekere, Gananath
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ISBN-13: 9780691056807 ISBN-10: 0691056803
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Binding
hardcover
Published
July 15, 1992
Weight
1.3 lbs
Dimensions
24.80×2.50×16.50 cm

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The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Obeyesekere, Gananath. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780691056807.

Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by Captain James Cook and his officers, Obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. In this new edition of The Apotheosis of Captain Cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, Marshall Sahlinss 1994 book, How "Natives" Think, which was a direct response to this work.