Research Catalog

Title

Columbus and other cannibals : the wétiko disease of exploitation, imperialism, and terrorism / Jack D. Forbes.

Author

Forbes, Jack D.

Publication

New York : Seven Stories Press, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Forbes, Jack D.

Description

xxi, 233 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

First published in 1978, Forbes’ history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view is updated with a new introduction by Forbes and a foreward by Derrick Jensen.

Subject

• Indians, Treatment of > America > History
• Indians > Violence against > America
• Indians > Colonization
• America > Discovery and exploration
• America > Colonization
• America > Race relations
• Europe > Colonies > America

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Rev. ed. of: A world ruled by cannibals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-229).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The genesis of the universe and the creation of love -- Consuming another's life : the Wetiko cannibal psychosis -- Columbus : cannibal and hero of genocide -- Deception, brutality, and greed : the spread of the disease -- The structure of the cannibal's insanity : arrogance, lust, and materialism -- Becoming a predator : the process of corruption -- The Matchi syndrome : fascination with evil -- Colonialism, Europeanization, and the destruction of native (authentic) cultures -- Savages, free people, and the loss of freedom -- Terrorism : a frequent aspect of Wetiko behavior -- Male violence, female subordination, and the perpetuation of aggressive violence -- Organized crime : planned aggression, planned predation -- If Jesus were to return -- Seeking sanity : reversing the process of brutalization -- Finding a good path, a path with heart.

ISBN

• 9781583227817 (pbk.)
• 1583227814 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008018839

OCLC

• 195707298
• SCSB-12391589

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library