The Myth of the Noble SavageUniversity of California Press, 2001 M01 16 - 467 páginas In this important and original study, the myth of the Noble Savage is an altogether different myth from the one defended or debunked by others over the years. That the concept of the Noble Savage was first invented by Rousseau in the mid-eighteenth century in order to glorify the "natural" life is easily refuted. The myth that persists is that there was ever, at any time, widespread belief in the nobility of savages. The fact is, as Ter Ellingson shows, the humanist eighteenth century actually avoided the term because of its association with the feudalist-colonialist mentality that had spawned it 150 years earlier. The Noble Savage reappeared in the mid-nineteenth century, however, when the "myth" was deliberately used to fuel anthropology's oldest and most successful hoax. Ellingson's narrative follows the career of anthropologist John Crawfurd, whose political ambition and racist agenda were well served by his construction of what was manifestly a myth of savage nobility. Generations of anthropologists have accepted the existence of the myth as fact, and Ellingson makes clear the extent to which the misdirection implicit in this circumstance can enter into struggles over human rights and racial equality. His examination of the myth's influence in the late twentieth century, ranging from the World Wide Web to anthropological debates and political confrontations, rounds out this fascinating study. |
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... Crawfurd Alliance 14. Hunt's Racist Anthropology 16. The Coup of 1858–1860 17. The Myth of the Noble Savage 18. Crawfurd and the Breakup of the Racist Alliance 19. Crawfurd, Darwin, and the “Missing Link” 235 248 263 271 290 303 316 ...
... Crawfurd Alliance 14. Hunt's Racist Anthropology 16. The Coup of 1858–1860 17. The Myth of the Noble Savage 18. Crawfurd and the Breakup of the Racist Alliance 19. Crawfurd, Darwin, and the “Missing Link” 235 248 263 271 290 303 316 ...
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... Crawfurd, soon to become president of the Ethnological Society of London, as part of a racist coup within the so- ciety. It is Crawfurd's construction, framed as part of a program of ideolog- ical support for an attack on ...
... Crawfurd, soon to become president of the Ethnological Society of London, as part of a racist coup within the so- ciety. It is Crawfurd's construction, framed as part of a program of ideolog- ical support for an attack on ...
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... Crawfurd's 1859 paper. With the double inven- tion of the concept and the myth established, it seemed necessary to con- duct yet another survey of selected works of the ethnographic and deriva- tive literatures from the intervening ...
... Crawfurd's 1859 paper. With the double inven- tion of the concept and the myth established, it seemed necessary to con- duct yet another survey of selected works of the ethnographic and deriva- tive literatures from the intervening ...
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... Crawfurd. This project is necessarily in- complete, given the vast extent of the literature, but equally necessarily undertaken if one is to understand the broad outlines of the historical de- velopments that led from Lescarbot's ...
... Crawfurd. This project is necessarily in- complete, given the vast extent of the literature, but equally necessarily undertaken if one is to understand the broad outlines of the historical de- velopments that led from Lescarbot's ...
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... Crawfurd, perhaps the most likably despicable racist I have ever encountered. Some may find this frustrating, and they deserve a re- visitation of the subject by authors with a more neutral, balanced view- point; but, in the meantime ...
... Crawfurd, perhaps the most likably despicable racist I have ever encountered. Some may find this frustrating, and they deserve a re- visitation of the subject by authors with a more neutral, balanced view- point; but, in the meantime ...
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ETHNOGRAPHIC DISCOURSE ON SAVAGES FROM LESCARBOT TO ROUSSEAU | 43 |
THE SAVAGE AFTER ROUSSEAU | 97 |
IV THE RETURN OF THE NOBLE SAVAGE | 233 |
V THE NOBLE SAVAGE MEETS THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY | 329 |
Conclusion | 373 |
Notes | 389 |
References | 397 |
Index | 425 |
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