Out of our minds : reason and madness in the exploration of Central Africa : the Ad. E. Jensen lectures at the Frobenius Institut, University of Frankfurt / Johannes Fabian

Author: Fabian, Johannes
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
Copyright Date: ©2000
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps
Additional Creators: Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut

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Travel, exploration, and occupation -- Living and dying -- Drives, emotions, and moods -- Things, sounds, and spectacles -- Communicating and commanding -- Charisma, cannabis, and crossing Africa: explorers in the land of friendship -- Making knowledge: the senses and cognition -- Making sense: knowledge and understanding -- Presence and representation.

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'Out of Our Minds' shows explorers and ethnographers in Africa during colonial expansion were far from rational - often meeting their hosts in extraordinary states influenced by opiates, alcohol, sex, fever, fatigue, and violence.

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9780520923935 (electronic bk.)
0520923936 (electronic bk.)
0585391599 (electronic bk.)
9780585391595 (electronic bk.)
9780520221222 (alk. paper)
0520221222 (alk. paper)
9780520221239 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520221230 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.

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