num_pages: 313
description: Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and 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 Sahlins's 1994 book, How "Natives" Think , which was a direct response to this work.
language: English
title: The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
titlecomplete: The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
genres: History, Nonfiction, Anthropology
ratings_count: 72
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: PROSE Award
category: Psychology, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Louis Gottschalk Prize
publisher: Princeton University Press