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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... evidence of our own intelligent, critical thinking was in fact no more than our gullible acquiescence in a scholarly hoax—a hoax that has been perpetrated on us for political reasons that many of us would dislike in- tensely, if we ...
... evidence of our own intelligent, critical thinking was in fact no more than our gullible acquiescence in a scholarly hoax—a hoax that has been perpetrated on us for political reasons that many of us would dislike in- tensely, if we ...
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... evidence of a racism so obtuse as to suggest that the evolu- tion of Europeans beyond a bestial level of intelligence had been very re- cent indeed. But to take all such cases as prima facie evidence of belief in the "Noble Savage" not ...
... evidence of a racism so obtuse as to suggest that the evolu- tion of Europeans beyond a bestial level of intelligence had been very re- cent indeed. But to take all such cases as prima facie evidence of belief in the "Noble Savage" not ...
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... evidence of either the discursive or the substantive Noble Savage in Rousseau's works. Finding this an interesting problem in its own right, I began to explore the secondary literature on the subject, beginning with Hoxie Neale ...
... evidence of either the discursive or the substantive Noble Savage in Rousseau's works. Finding this an interesting problem in its own right, I began to explore the secondary literature on the subject, beginning with Hoxie Neale ...
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... evidence and the need for citation of sources : " One must needs believe , but not everything ; and one must first consider whether the story is in itself probable or not . In any case , to cite one's au- thority is to go free from ...
... evidence and the need for citation of sources : " One must needs believe , but not everything ; and one must first consider whether the story is in itself probable or not . In any case , to cite one's au- thority is to go free from ...
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... evidence and the myth of Rousseauian " romantic naturalism " must give rise to feelings of shock and denial ; and yet it can help us to appreciate the reasons for the ab- sence of the concept in the writings of Rousseau and 24 / / The ...
... evidence and the myth of Rousseauian " romantic naturalism " must give rise to feelings of shock and denial ; and yet it can help us to appreciate the reasons for the ab- sence of the concept in the writings of Rousseau and 24 / / The ...
Contenido
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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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