Darwin's Savage Mnemonics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cannon Schmitt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-80 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2004.88.1.55 |
| OpenAlex | W2060481362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Tracing Charles Darwin's repeated invocations of his initial encounter with the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, in this essay I argue that those invocations constitute a "savage mnemonics"-a relation to savagery that clarifies the nature of the work of memory demanded by the effort to grasp evolutionary theory
Database · Epistemology · Evolutionary theory · GRASP · Mnemonic · Tracing · Alexander von Humboldt Studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Computer Science · History · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |