Enlightenment Thought as it relates to Anthro
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- What is "Adario"?
- A fictional dialouge between Lahontan and Adario (Huron) which praises Europe.
- What did the terms "Barbarian" and "Savage" mean to people living during the Enlightenment?
- Barbarian - one who didn't speak Greek; Savage - based on habitat.
- The rejection of what was important to Enlightenment thought?
- Original Sin
- What is Deism
- Pursuit of worldly happiness before religious salvation
- How did people explain the lack of large mammals in North America?
- Degeneration
- What anthropological concepts are missing from Enlightenement works?
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1) ability to test accuracy of the accounts travelers provided;
2) Well-rounded ethnographic accounts of people. - When did the word "Ethnography" first appear?
- 1830's
- What is a key Enlightenment idea?
- Idea of progress
- Did the concept of 'culture' exist to Enlightenment thinkers?
- No.
- Human nature to people in the Enlightenment was viewed to be either ___ or ___.
- Essentially good or flawed and corrupt.
- What is "Degeneration"?
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Decay of nature/society
eg: rise and fall of Roman Empire - What were fossils understood to be?
- Extinct animals.
- What was 'civilization' to Enlightenment people?
- attainment of moral and social superiority.
- What is the Encyclopedie?
- A compilement of texts from a variety of authors from different countries.
- What limited yet important attempt allowed writers to think about others?
- The attempt to write a universal history.