Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393322750 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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16 pages of b/w photographs. Their research is now examined in painstaking detail by Patrick Tierney, whose book has prompted the American Anthropological Association to launch a major investigation into the charges, and has ignited the academic world like no other book in recent years. The most important book on anthropology in decades, Darkness in El Dorado will be a work to be reckoned with by a new generation of students the world over. The explosive and highly controversial National Book Award finalist that has forever changed the discipline of anthropology. Thought to be the last "virgin" people, the Yanomami were considered the most savage and warlike tribe on earth, as well as one of the most remote, secreted in the jungles and highlands of the Venezuelan and Brazilian rainforest. Preeminent anthropologists like Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot founded their careers in the 1960s by "discovering
While Chagnon made the Yanomami synonymous with aggression, Tierney charges that Chagnon himself fomented wars through his tactics of creating false alliances, giving away machetes, and staging scenes in order to substantiate his own belief in male aggression. Tierney's research is meticulous and exhaustive (and includes the discovery of sound recording outtakes never before heard). Tierney paints a horrific picture of Neel and his team of scientists rushing to get their samples of blood, urine, and saliva out of the tropical heat--and Chagnon choreographing his documentary--while the Yanomami fall like flies around them. Tierney's allegations, if true, are devastating. Anthropologists have been fearful of public reaction to the Chagnon scandal, and for good reason. Their blood was as coveted by scientists as their image was by photographers. Even worse, Tierney bel
"Well-written Lies" according to jaronak. This book is written well and it is even, at times, thought-provoking. However, its central claim -- that anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon spread measles to the Yanamamo -- has been disproven.The author has been warring against the anthropologist. The main point of contention seems to have been, yet again, the issue of an evolutionary approach to human behavior. Unfortunately for Tierney and oth. "Before reading do 10 minutes research online - this book has been debunked since publication" according to Louie's Mom. Before reading this book, check online for the research done on this book after it was published. Example:" While the book was positively reviewed and well received at first, later investigations by multiple independent organizations found Tierney's main allegations to be false and libelous.[2]" The footnote is to one article but there are many.. Accusations have not been substantiated at all after ten years A long list of alleged crimes of researchers studying an indigenous tribe in the Amazonas is presented. It is rather riveting reading and you start to work up an indignation about evil researchers. The only problem is that there is no evidence. The author himself noted that he has no smoking gun evidence at all. Instead, after the publication, the accusations have all been scrutinised by severa