Out of our minds [electronic resource] : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa
Fabian, Johannes.
Universität Frankfurt am Main Frobenius-Institut.Content Provider
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2000.
Explorers and ethnographers in Africa during the period of colonial expansion are usually assumed to have been guided by rational aims such as the desire for scientific knowledge, fame, or financial gain. This book, the culmination of many years of research on nineteenth-century exploration in Central Africa, provides a new view of those early European explorers and their encounters with Africans.
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Travel, Exploration, and Occupation; 3. Living and Dying; 4. Drives, Emotions, and Moods; 5. Things, Sounds, and Spectacles; 6. Communicating and Commanding; 7. Charisma, Cannabis, and Crossing Africa: Explorers in the Land of Friendship; 8. Making Knowledge: The Senses and Cognition; 9. Making Sense: Knowledge and Understanding; 10. Presence and Representation; 11. Epilogue; Appendix: Expeditions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Explorers and ethnographers in Africa during the period of colonial expansion are usually assumed to have been guided by rational aims such as the desire for scientific knowledge, fame, or financial gain. This book, the culmination of many years of research on nineteenth-century exploration in Central Africa, provides a new view of those early European explorers and their encounters with Africans.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethnologists.
Ethnology.
Ethnology-- Africa, Central-- Fieldwork.
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - History.
Ethnology
Ethnologists
First contact (Anthropology)
Anthropology - General
Anthropology
Social Sciences