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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Main Author: Federico Ferretti
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Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2013-09-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/12645
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description 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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Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
Conquista
universal geography
genocide
Élisée Reclus
Amerindians
title Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
title_full Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
title_fullStr Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
title_full_unstemmed Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
title_short Un regard hétérodoxe sur le Nouveau Monde : la géographie d’Élisée Reclus et l’extermination des Amérindiens (1861-1905)
title_sort un regard heterodoxe sur le nouveau monde la geographie d elisee reclus et l extermination des amerindiens 1861 1905
topic Conquista
universal geography
genocide
Élisée Reclus
Amerindians
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/12645
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