Out of Our Minds: Reason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa

Johannes Fabian The Ad. E. Jensen Lectures at the Frobenius-Institut, University of Frankfurt

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Fabian, Johannes. 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. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-22122-2 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-520-22123-0 (pbk.: alk paper) 1. Ethnology—Africa, Central— Fieldwork. 2. Ethnologists—Africa, Central—History. 3. First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners—Africa, Central—History. 4. Africa, Central— Discovery and exploration—German. 5. Africa, Central—Discovery and exploration—Belgian. 6. Africa, Central— Description and travel. I. Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut. II. Title. GN17.3A352 F33 2000 967—dc21

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