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Towards an anthropology of science. Enlightenment expeditions as royal «potlatches» ; Por una antropología de la ciencia. Las expediciones ilustradas como "potlatch" reales

Abstract

Using French and Spanish examples, this article offers a general political interpretation of eighteenth-century expeditions in order to explain coherently certain elements which do not fit in with the utilitarian explanations that are usually given. The testimonies of conternporary protagonists and witnesses are strategically quoted and the author suggests a cultural cornparison of an anthropological type regarding "political" conduct of Amerindian peoples. ; Con ejemplos franceses y españoles, se propone de modo genérico una interpretación política de las expediciones ilustradas, para explicar de modo coherente algunos elementos que no encajan en la lógica utilitarista normalmente aplicada. Se emplean estratégicamente las declaraciones contemporáneas de los actores y testigos, y se propone una comparación cultural de tipo antropológico con comportamientos "políticos" de pueblos amerindios.

Languages

Spanish; Castilian

Publisher

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

DOI

10.3989/revindias.1987.i180.533

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