Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
The Nouvelle géographie universelle by Élisée Reclus was one of the most celebrated geographical works in the second half of the 19th century, and it devoted an important place to the New World. As this work had a wide public diffusion, and its author was famous as a founder of the anarchist movemen...
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| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/12645 |
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| Summary: | The Nouvelle géographie universelle by Élisée Reclus was one of the most celebrated geographical works in the second half of the 19th century, and it devoted an important place to the New World. As this work had a wide public diffusion, and its author was famous as a founder of the anarchist movement and an exile of the Paris Commune, its influence on the European progressive public opinion was not negligible at that time. In this paper, we examine the Reclus’ representation of the genocide of Amerindian peoples committed by conquerors and their followers between the 16th and the 19th century. The genocide was blamed radically by the geographer, who nevertheless was an admirer of the scientific and technical progress of his time. The construction of this heterodox look gives us an original idea about the relationships between Europe and its Others at the time of the colonial empires. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |