Out of our minds
Subtitle: reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa : the Ad. E. Jensen lectures at the Frobenius Institut, University of Frankfurt
By: Johannes Fabian
Contributors: Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Ethnology -- Africa, Central -- Fieldwork; Ethnologists -- Africa, Central -- History; First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Africa, Central -- History; Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- German; Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- Belgian; Africa, Central -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index
Table of contents: title: Travel, exploration, and occupation; title: Living and dying; title: Drives, emotions, and moods; title: Things, sounds, and spectacles; title: Communicating and commanding; title: Charisma, cannabis, and crossing Africa: explorers in the land of friendship; title: Making knowledge: the senses and cognition; title: Making sense: knowledge and understanding; title: Presence and representation