LEADER 03110nam 22006373a 450 001 9910433246503321 005 20240501201602.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011743186 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36142 035 $a(ScCtBLL)df7fc16b-21ea-403c-a9f7-231290d71bc7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31773435 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31773435 035 $a(oapen)doab36142 035 $a(OCoLC)1470854329 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011743186 100 $a20240501i20202020 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aArctic Madness : $eThe Anthropology of a Delusion /$fCatherine V. Howard, Pierre Déléage 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cHAU Books$d2020 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cHAU Books,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropological Novellas Series 311 08$a9781912808274 311 08$a1912808277 311 08$a9781912808373 311 08$a1912808374 327 $aPersecution mania : a missionary among First Nations -- Interpretation delusions : Israelites of the North Pole -- Prophetic frenzy : anticipating the end times. 330 $aThe French missionary-linguist Émile Petitot (1838-1916) spent twenty years near the Arctic Circle in Canada, publishing numerous works on First Nations languages and practices. Over time, however, he descended into delirium and began to summon imaginary persecutions, pen improbable interpretations of his Indigenous hosts, and burst into schizoid fury. Delving into thousands of pages in letters and memoirs that Petitot left behind, Pierre Déléage has reconstructed the missionary's tragic story. He takes us on a gripping journey into the illogic and hyperlogic of a mind entranced with Indigenous peoples against the backdrop of repressive church policies and the emergent social sciences of the nineteenth century. Apocalyptic visions from the Bible and prophetic movements among First Nations peoples merged in the missionary's deteriorating psyche, triggering paroxysms of violence against his colleagues and himself. Whoever wishes to understand the contradictions of living between radically different societies will find this anthropological novella hard to put down. 410 0$aAnthropological Novellas Series 606 $aAnthropology$2bicssc 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$vBiography 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aCanada$zCanadian Northwest$2fast 607 $aNorthwest Territories$2fast 608 $aBiography. 608 $aBiographies.$2fast 608 $aBiographies.$2lcgft 608 $aBiographies.$2rvmgf 610 $aSocial Science 610 $aAnthropology 610 $aGeneral 615 7$aAnthropology 676 $a917.19 702 $aHoward$b Catherine V 702 $aDéléage$b Pierre 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910433246503321 996 $aArctic Madness$94199858 997 $aUNINA