The travelers' world : Europe to the Pacific
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The travelers' world : Europe to the Pacific
Harvard University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368 ) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780674021853
内容説明
In a beautifully crafted narrative that transports the reader from the salons of Europe to the shores of Tahiti, Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. He moves beyond the traditional focus on British and French travellers to include Germans, Russians and some Americans, as well as the Tahitian, Hawaiian and other Pacific islanders they encountered. Germany gets special attention because its travellers epitomised the era's cosmopolitanism and its philosophers engaged most fully in a multicultural understanding of humanity. Famous adventurers like Captain Cook make appearances, but it's the observations of such naturalists as Philibert Commerson, George Forster and Adelbert von Chamisso that helped most to generate a new understanding of these far-flung societies. These European travellers saw non-Europeans neither as 'savages' nor as projections of colonial fantasies. Instead, the explorers accumulated a rich storehouse of perceptions through negotiations with patrons at home, collaborators abroad, salon philosophers and missionary rivals. Liebersohn illuminates the transformative nature of human connections.
He examines the expectations these servants of empire brought to the peoples they encountered, and acknowledges the effects of Oceanian behaviours, including unexpected notions of sexuality, on the Europeans. Equally important, he details the reception of these travellers upon their return home. An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters and rich cultural details, "The Travelers' World" heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674027473
内容説明
In a beautifully crafted narrative that transports the reader from the salons of Europe to the shores of Tahiti, Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. He moves beyond the traditional focus on British and French travelers to include Germans, Russians, and some Americans, as well as the Tahitian, Hawaiian, and other Pacific islanders they encountered. Germany gets special attention because its travelers epitomized the era's cosmopolitanism and its philosophers engaged most fully in a multicultural understanding of humanity.
Famous adventurers like Captain Cook make appearances, but it's the observations of such naturalists as Philibert Commerson, George Forster, and Adelbert von Chamisso that helped most to generate a new understanding of these far-flung societies. These European travelers saw non-Europeans neither as "savages" nor as projections of colonial fantasies. Instead the explorers accumulated a rich storehouse of perceptions through negotiations with patrons at home, collaborators abroad, salon philosophers, and missionary rivals.
Liebersohn illuminates the transformative nature of human connections. He examines the expectations these servants of empire brought to the peoples they encountered, and acknowledges the effects of Oceanian behaviors, including unexpected notions of sexuality, on the Europeans. Equally important, he details the reception of these travelers upon their return home.
An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.
目次
Acknowledgments Map: The Pacific Ocean Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna Introduction Travelers as Ethnographers-Histories-Dimensions of a World 1. Travelers Philibert Commerson--George Forster--Adelbert von Chamisso 2. Patrons France--Great Britain--Russia--Germany 3. Collaborators Ahutoru--Tupaia, Mai, Mahine--Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu--Ali'i and Kings--Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4. Philosophers Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti--Kant and George Forster--Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5.Missions Dumont D'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science--Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti--Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and kapus in Hawaii--Science and Religion in Conflict 6. Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World Darwin and the "More Cheerful View"--Melville and the Casket Ships Conclusion Travelers as Interpreters--Travelers as Mediators Chronology Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
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