A ruína dos povos: raça americana e saber selvagem na ciência de Carl F.Ph. von Martius (1794-1868)

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Uchôa, Raphael B. S
• Orientador(a): Priven, Silvia Irene Waisse de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História da Ciência
• Departamento: Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von [1794-1868]; Raça americana; Saber selvagem
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: American race; Savage knowledge; Natural history
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA::HISTORIA DAS CIENCIAS
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21835

This study addresses the concepts of ‘American race’ and ‘savage knowledge’ in the works of the Bavarian scholar Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868). These concepts emerged as the result of an integrated investigation of the scientific notions and socio-historical dynamics that circumscribed Martius’ works. The dissertation evidences the geopolitical and intellectual conditions of possibility for the development of von Martius’ science, as well as how he articulated (1) the concept of ‘American race’ – a broad characterization of the native peoples of the Americas rooted in a complex natural history which brought together seemingly disparate fields of knowledge, such as medicine, botany, theology, philology and mythology; and (2) the ‘savage knowledge,’ a concept semantically aligned to the notion of ‘ruins,’ which found in shamanic practice one of its principal modes of expression