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    Arctic Madness – The Anthropology of a Delusion (häftad, eng)

    The French missionary-linguist Émile Petitot (1838–1916) spent twenty years near the Arctic Circle in Canada, publishing numerous works on F...
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      The French missionary-linguist Émile Petitot (1838–1916) spent twenty years near the Arctic Circle in Canada, publishing numerous works on First Nations languages and practices. Over time, however, he descended into delirium and began to summon imaginary persecutions, pen improbable interpretations of his Indigenous hosts, and burst into schizoid fury.

      Delving into thousands of pages in letters and memoirs that Petitot left behind, Pierre Déléage has reconstructed the missionary’s tragic story. He takes us on a gripping journey into the illogic and hyperlogic of a mind entranced with Indigenous peoples against the backdrop of repressive church policies and the emergent social sciences of the nineteenth century.

      Apocalyptic visions from the Bible and prophetic movements among First Nations peoples merged in the missionary’s deteriorating psyche, triggering paroxysms of violence against his colleagues and himself. Whoever wishes to understand the contradictions of living between radically different societies will find this anthropological novella hard to put down.


      Format Häftad
      Omfång 142 sidor
      Språk Engelska
      Förlag HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory
      Utgivningsdatum 2020-10-16
      ISBN 9781912808274

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      • Format Häftad
      • Antal sidor 142
      • Språk Engelska
      • Utgivningsdatum 2020-10-16
      • ISBN 9781912808274
      • Förlag HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory

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      • Format Häftad
      • Antal sidor 142
      • Språk Engelska
      • Utgivningsdatum 2020-10-16
      • ISBN 9781912808274
      • Förlag HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory

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