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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... writings of this period , it should never be regarded as unproblematic ; the idea that any people , including American Indians , are or were " savages " is a myth that should long ago have been dispelled . However , the primary source ...
... writings of this period , it should never be regarded as unproblematic ; the idea that any people , including American Indians , are or were " savages " is a myth that should long ago have been dispelled . However , the primary source ...
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... writings is simply a circular statement. We would undoubtedly find it more problematically interesting if, instead, they had never found "sav- age" characters worthy of embodying romantic themes; for such a case would provide evidence ...
... writings is simply a circular statement. We would undoubtedly find it more problematically interesting if, instead, they had never found "sav- age" characters worthy of embodying romantic themes; for such a case would provide evidence ...
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... writings. Having ab- sorbed the myth as part of my professional training, I was at first inciden- tally surprised and then increasingly disturbed by not finding evidence of either the discursive or the substantive Noble Savage in ...
... writings. Having ab- sorbed the myth as part of my professional training, I was at first inciden- tally surprised and then increasingly disturbed by not finding evidence of either the discursive or the substantive Noble Savage in ...
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... writings between Lescarbot and Crawfurd. But it seems quite unlikely that additional examples of the rhetoric of nobility would displace either or both authors from their key roles in developing the concept and the myth into powerful ...
... writings between Lescarbot and Crawfurd. But it seems quite unlikely that additional examples of the rhetoric of nobility would displace either or both authors from their key roles in developing the concept and the myth into powerful ...
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... writing of a book such as this one. There is a vast secondary literature on the wide range of periods and topics that must necessarily be touched on by a study of this subject, given the long history of its creation and its perpetuation ...
... writing of a book such as this one. There is a vast secondary literature on the wide range of periods and topics that must necessarily be touched on by a study of this subject, given the long history of its creation and its perpetuation ...
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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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