Lecture Outline #5:

The Noble Savage

             The death of Captain Cook

1. Primitivism in the 18th century

a. Scientific Primitivism
b. Impact of Rousseau’s Romanticism on Primitivism
c. The sexy savage: the exotic as erotic

2. The Noble Savage and the State of Nature

a. "Primitive" Society as Model for the Old World
b. Freedom from the Old World

3. From Noble Savage to Cannibal

a. The Murder of Captain Cook
b. The Apotheosis of Captain Cook

Keywords
Noble Savage
Locke
Hobbes
land seizure
possessive individualism
Captain Cook

Sites of interest Cook's official instructions Captain Cook: an overview Homage to Cook: The World's Explorer Hawaiian maps of the 18th century Cook's biography Hawaiian tattoos Cook's and his crew's account of the visit
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