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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... give us in return. But I am too much a product of my own temporocultural environment to sit respectfully and silently by as they speak, without engaging them in conversation or debate, asking questions, and even shouting back at some ...
... give us in return. But I am too much a product of my own temporocultural environment to sit respectfully and silently by as they speak, without engaging them in conversation or debate, asking questions, and even shouting back at some ...
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... give an eye judgment of the land, whereto my mind was before inclined; and to avoid a corrupted world I engaged my word unto him" (1609c: 61-62). In the new colonial setting, the urban professional, friend of noblemen, found a new and ...
... give an eye judgment of the land, whereto my mind was before inclined; and to avoid a corrupted world I engaged my word unto him" (1609c: 61-62). In the new colonial setting, the urban professional, friend of noblemen, found a new and ...
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... gives several colorful in- stances of their positive actions, including their farewell to the departing colonists. But it was piteous to see at his departing those poor people weep, who had been always kept in hope that some of ours ...
... gives several colorful in- stances of their positive actions, including their farewell to the departing colonists. But it was piteous to see at his departing those poor people weep, who had been always kept in hope that some of ours ...
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... give liberally, casting at the feet of him whom they will honour the present that they give him. But it is with hope to receive some reciprocal kindness, which is a kind of contract, which we call, without name: "I give thee, to the end ...
... give liberally, casting at the feet of him whom they will honour the present that they give him. But it is with hope to receive some reciprocal kindness, which is a kind of contract, which we call, without name: "I give thee, to the end ...
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... with terror , for if though love and gentleness one give them too free access , they will practise some surprise . ( 1609c : 103 ) The ideological justification and practical application of this policy of 18 / The Birth of the Noble Savage.
... with terror , for if though love and gentleness one give them too free access , they will practise some surprise . ( 1609c : 103 ) The ideological justification and practical application of this policy of 18 / The Birth of the Noble Savage.
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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