Balinese Texts and Historiography

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4496056
AutoresAdrian Vickers (0000-0002-1215-6462, autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas158
Fecha de publicación1990-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistory and Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2505223
OpenAlexW2333310079
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

There is for one thing a historiographical inequality between Europe and the rest of the world. Europe invented historians and then made good use of them. Her own history is well-lit, and can be called as evidence or used as a claim. The history of non-Europe is still being written. And until the balance of knowledge and interpretation has been restored, the historian will be reluctant to cut the Gordian knot of world history-that is the origin of the superiority of Europe

Historiography · Asian Studies and History · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia