GEG 2108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Acculturation, Arab Culture
27 Aug 2016
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The Path to Residential Schools
Stereotypes and caricatures in Canadian Law and Policy
-assimilation (not a decision) vs. acculturation (decision to fit in)
-The first images about «Indians» related to the concept of Wild Man
-Prior to the 16th century, Aboriginal people were not considered human by
Europeans. The pope identified them as human.
•what makes them savage? their lack of christianity
-Thomas Hobbes, one of the first English intellectuals to discuss savagery
•used the example of aborigine people
•wanted to explain what happens to human being when in an unregulated
environment
-people will revert to savagery
-Hobbes’ point isn't about the indians, he simply used them to represent his message
•If man lives in a state of nature life is nasty, brutish and short
-Jean Jacques Rousseau - idea of the Noble Savage
•innocent in a state of nature
•not vicious, largely child like
•lack capacity for higher reasoning, but more likely to be friends, allies than enemies
-Man and nature are actually thing of beauty
-Human beings in Europe have spent too much time distancing themselves from
nature
-State of nature is a state of grace
-Mid 19th century
•Vanishing Indian
•Policy makers everywhere accepted this as a natural reality
•«if they resist, take em to war»
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Document Summary
Stereotypes and caricatures in canadian law and policy. Assimilation (not a decision) vs. acculturation (decision to t in) The rst images about indians related to the concept of wild man. Prior to the 16th century, aboriginal people were not considered human by. The pope identi ed them as human: what makes them savage? their lack of christianity. Thomas hobbes, one of the rst english intellectuals to discuss savagery: used the example of aborigine people, wanted to explain what happens to human being when in an unregulated environment. Hobbes" point isn"t about the indians, he simply used them to represent his message: if man lives in a state of nature life is nasty, brutish and short. Jean jacques rousseau - idea of the noble savage: innocent in a state of nature, not vicious, largely child like, lack capacity for higher reasoning, but more likely to be friends, allies than enemies. Man and nature are actually thing of beauty.
