Palagi pronounced paalangi singular or papaalagi plural is a term in samoan culture of uncertain meaning, sometimes used to describe foreigners. In january 1778 captain james cook discovered the hawaiian islands and was hailed by the native peoples as their returning god lono. Cook, lono, obeyesekere, and sahlins ca forum on theory in. Gananath obeyesekere, the apotheosis of captain cook marshall sahlins, how natives think, about captain cook, for example ann wysocki and dennis lynch, the dk handbook other required readings for the course are posted on blackboard. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by captain james cook and his officers, obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the selfconscious. Questioning the circumstances surrounding cook s socalled divinity or apotheosis and his death, gananath obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest. Hms resolution, to be commanded by cook, and hms discovery, commanded by charles clerke, were prepared for the voyage which started from plymouth in 1776. Captain cook available for download and read online in other formats. Before his appointment to princeton, obeyesekere held teaching positions at the university of ceylon, the university of washington and the university of california, san diego.
Download full captain cook and the pacific book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. Gananath obeyesekere, the apotheosis of captain cook. You can link to all articles either via an html link, or via the ucalgary library website. European mythmaking in the pacific, by gananath obeyesekere. Tent and geraghty 2001 comment that the origin of the western polynesian papaalagipalagi and the fijian vavalagipapalagi remains a matter of speculation papaalagipalagi is a word in the samoan language. European mythmaking in the pacific, 1992, insisted that indigenous people thought in essentially the same way as westerners and was concerned that any argument otherwise would paint them as irrational and uncivilized. Reading book doesnt indicate to bring the published how natives think. Whose version will prevail is still open to question but this much is certain. In fact sekere is on target, so to speak, in his analysis.
Sahlins argues against gananth obeyesekere, who holds in the apotheosis of captain cook 1997. In his opinion, the apotheosis is a mystification which he attributes to the european imagination of the 18th century. Dec 01, 2010 dan osullivan, in search of captain cook. Rex nan kivell 1898 1977 was a great collector, a great storyteller and an endless inventor of his own history. Merely link to the internet to get this book how natives think. Marshal sahlins, how natives think, about captain cook, for example, chicago.
May 01, 2005 captain cook s journal during his first voyage round the world by james cook. Get ebooks return to kahiki on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. He enlarges the debate about how we think not only about our own diminishing collection of heroes, but also about the outsiders of european history, in this case the eighteenthcentury. The awakened ones is the most sustained and powerful treatment since william james of the forms of knowledge and life that visionary experience makes possible. The apotheosis of captain cook princeton university press. Native hawaiians, obeyesekere maintains, employed a universal human practical reason to see cook for what he was.
By illustrating how and why binary interpretations of cook s death render a shallow examination of associated travel texts, the thesis reexamines two travel journals resulting from cook s third and final voyage. Imagining karma obeyesekere, imagining karma 71502 9. The sahlinsobeyesekere debate is an academic controversy in anthropology about the death of the british explorer james cook, particularly whether the native hawaiians believed him. The primitive mind does not differentiate the supernatural from reality, but rather uses mystical participation to manipulate the world. He delivered the annual rajni kothari chair lecture on buddhism, political violence and the dilemmas of democracy in sri lanka at csds on 24 april 2009. By illustrating how and why binary interpretations of cook s death render a shallow examination of associated travel texts, the thesis reexamines two travel journals resulting from cook s third and final voyagejournals from the. Obeyesekere won two awards for the book, the louis the. Captain james cook as god of the natives history essay. He has recently become interested in european voyages of discovery to polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages for the. Captain cooks journal during his first voyage round the. In doing so, i shall examine the controversy between two cultural anthropologists. Ostensibly james cook s third and final voyage was to return omai, a young man from raiatea to his homeland, but the admiralty used this as a cover for their plan to send cook on a voyage to discover the northwest passage. Gananath obeyesekere has engaged in fieldwork in sri lanka and india. The case of captain cook yoshida kei university of tokyo 1.
The apotheosis of captain cook is, according to obeyesekere, an example of european mythmaking for european purposes, and those purposes are little different from the ones that inspired the images of prospero and caliban in shakespeares the tempest. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Language games and the european apotheosis of james cookpage 120. Occasionally i will distribute short readings in class to be read for the following week. This is an facsimile of the entry dated 3 june 1769 in lieutenant later captain james cook s journal of his first voyage to the pacific ocean on board the endeavour. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world.
As with smith and dening, i found that reading obeyesekere sharpened my own thinking about cook and provided an antidote to the hagiographic, anglocentric tone of much thats been written about the captain. The voyages of captain james cook by cook, james, 17281779. European mythmaking in the pacific gananath obeyesekere. The apotheosis of captain cook national library of australia. His books include land tenure in village ceylon, medusas hair, the cult of the goddess pattini, buddhism transformed coauthor, the work of culture, the apotheosis of captain cook. Jul 05, 2012 them, captain cook was an embodied form of their god lono of whom tradition has known other forms, human and not sahlins, 1995. Ebook the apotheosis of captain cook as pdf download. Table of contents for the apotheosis of captain cook. This thesis examines the polarized debate regarding captain james cook s apotheosis waging on between anthropologists marshall sahlins and gananath obeyesekere. Captain cook s journal during his first voyage round the world. In the apotheosis of captain cook, a fascinating and important book, gananath obeyesekere. European mythmaking in the pacific by gananath obeyesekere paperback. European mythmaking in the pacific by gananath obeyesekere 19971124 on. Although clerke himself was far gone with the consumption, he took.
This electronic text file was created by optical character recognition ocr. Britons responses to news of the death of captain james cook when captain james cook was killed at kealakekua bay on the island of hawaii on february 14, 1779 fig. Available in the national library of australia collection. A requiem for sri vikrama rajasinha, about the last. Questioning the circumstances surrounding cook s socalled. Obeyesekere questions the apotheosis of captain cook as a fact. Captain james cook a personal selection of books about cook. In this new edition of the apotheosis of captain cook, the author addresses, in a lengthy afterword, marshall sahlins. The aztec account of the conquest of mexico recommended. European mythmaking in the pacific, and making karma. Performing indigenous sovereignties across the pacific.
Wilson university of hawaii at manoa lynne withey, voyages of discovery. Aesthetic categories in contemporary hindu temple arts. Gananath obeyesekere in the apotheosis of captain cook. Cook himself, obeyesekere adds sympathetically, was a man caught between social. Freeman 143 judith nagata 144 jerk rousseau 145 robert b. Now the genius of britain forbids us to grieve, since cook, ever honord, immortal shall live.
Captain cook s third and last voyage to the pacific ocean. Gananath obeyesekere is an emeritus professor of anthropology whose latest book is the doomed king. Derivatives origin mid 16th cent via medieval latin from. He is most interested in psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience. European mythmaking in the pacific, and miguel leonportilla, the broken spears. Shaul stampfer, did the khazars convert to judaism. On a return voyage, after a futile attempt to discover the northwest passage, cook was killed in what modern anthropologists and historians interpret as a ritual sacrifice of the fertility god. Obeyesekere also critiques several of the approaches taken by todorov and the latters reliance upon spanish conquistador. On a return trip, after a futile attempt to discover the northwest passage, cook was killed in what modern anthropologists and historians interpret as a ritual sacrifice of the fertility god. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf. The debate about the myth of apotheosis history essay. It is a remarkable combination of panoramic reference, detached analysis, and the most personal intensity of feeling and style. Levybruhl speculates about what he posited as the two basic mindsets of mankind. Professor obeyesekere teaches classes in psychoanalysis and anthropology, hermeneutics, social anthropology, and buddhism.
In the apotheosis of captain cook sri lankan scholar gananath obeyesekere questions this fact of history, arguing that it was the europeans, and not the natives, who found a need to establish their colonization of new worlds on the notion of deities come home. Sahlins argues against gananth obeyesekere, who holds in the apotheosis of captain cook1997. Rambergs frontispiece, while celebrating cook as a patron of geographical discoveries, also prefigures the submission of the world to the nascent british empire, depicting the four corners of the world presenting britannia with offerings in gratitude for bringing the benefits of civilization to the world. Sep 06, 2009 the battle over captain cooks corpse part 1 artistic representation of cooks final moments when the famous british explorer captain james cook was killed on a hawaiian island in 1779 the hawaiian tribesmen responsible removed his body from the beach, disemboweled it, baked it and then distributed the bones across a variety of their villages.
About captain cook, for example, by marshall sahlins this is why we mean you to use and use the established modern technology. The apotheosis of captain cook top results of your surfing the apotheosis of captain cook start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. Introduction the aim of this paper is to reconsider the problem of comparing and explaining different cultures or their aspects under concepts of rationality. Cook available for download and read online in other formats. Jonestown by david chidester, the death of captain cook by gannath obeyesekere, japanese shrines to unborn children by bardwell smith, 19th century mormon attitudes toward death by samuel brown, death understood as an analytic philosopher by shelly kagan, life and death in postapocolyptic america by cormac mccarthy, and other topics. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. The apotheosis of captain cook picture from a design of p. Gananath obeyesekere s latest book is, like his earlier work, concerned with the process in which symbolic forms, such as ritual and myth, are created and recreated.
European mythmaking in the pacific with a new afterword by the author by obeyesekere, gananath isbn. Obeyesekere s the apotheosis of captain cook is a polemic, often wrongheaded in my view, but always provocative. Selections from gananath obeyesekere, the apotheosis of captain cook. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Cook, lono, obeyesekere and sahlins with commentary by herb kane. European mythmaking in the pacific by gananath obeyesekere 19971124. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. The battle over captain cooks corpse part 1 god knows what. Questioning the circumstances surrounding cook s socalled divinity or apotheosis and his death, gananath obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism. The miniature coffin of captain cook by benjamin breen published october 11, 20 kealakekua bay is a verdant cove on the kona coast of hawaii, its electric blue waters teeming with sea turtles, corals, anemones, puffers, and moray eels. Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. This complication arises from the debate of captain cooks dubious ceremonial death and apotheosis as lono. Using shipboard journals and logs kept by captain james cook and his officers, obeyesekere reveals the captain as both the selfconscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a savage himself. Here gananath obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest.
However, sahlins and obeyesekere s controversial debate on cook s apotheosis, and whether he was classified as a god before or after his death, is truly dependent on those academics as individuals and their sociocultural contexts. Also, you can read online captain cook and the pacific full book. The aztec account of the conquest of mexico both on blackboard february 8 research seminar selections from writing history february 15. Cook, lono, know how events are ordered by culture, but. Captain cook and the pacific pdf epub download cause of. Questioning the circumstances surrounding cook s socalled divinity. Read book apotheosis of captain cook cook the apotheosis of captain cook princeton university press captain cook s apotheosis.
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