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.

  • Fabian, Johannes.
Date:
[2000], ©2000
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Publication/Creation

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000], ©2000.

Physical description

xiv, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. 303-310.

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    History of Medicine
    ZDF.17
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  • 0520221222
  • 0520221230