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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
- Title
- 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.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000], ©2000.
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- Additional Authors
- Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut.
- Description
- xv, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Ethnologists > Africa, Central > History
- Ethnology > Fieldwork > Africa, Central
- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners > Africa, Central > History
- Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > Belgian
- Africa, Central > Discovery and exploration > German
- Africa, Central > Description and travel
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0520221222 (alk. paper)
- 0520221230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99088221
- OCLC
- 43118293
- ocm43118293
- SCSB-3866718
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries