tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27410572.post7571083704056582223..comments2023-12-19T14:50:48.736+01:00Comments on librarytwopointzero: Jared Diamond's 'Guns, Germs & Steel'library2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314466567893290603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27410572.post-55837538773288109132007-09-26T20:43:00.000+01:002007-09-26T20:43:00.000+01:00Read James Blaut's review of GGS in his book calle...Read James Blaut's review of GGS in his book called "Eight Eurocentric Historians."<BR/><BR/>Blaut demolishes Diamond's "scientific predestination of European superiority" theory.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel#Criticism_of_Eurocentrism_and_determinism<BR/><BR/>Diamond neglects to mentiont that almost all the major inventions prior to 1492 were not made by Europeans and that Europeas have never been a dominant global power until after 1492 (when they absorbed millions of tons of stolen Aztec and Inca gold and silver.)<BR/><BR/>Imagine what you could do if your paycheck was suddenly multiplied by six. That's what Aztec/Inca gold/silver did for Europe.<BR/><BR/>Read James Blaut. Caution for those infatuated with Jared Diamond: your heart will be broken after reading Blaut!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com