Darkness in El Dorado (subtitled: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon) is a controversial book published by the investigative journalist Patrick Tierney in 2000. This is a list of controversial non-fiction books aimed at the general reader which discuss controversial issues, or are (or were at the time of writing) controversial for other reasons. ... Investigative journalism is a branch of journalism that usually concentrates on a very specific topic, and typically requires a lot of work to yield results. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The book deals with the impact of contact with the modern world, and specifically, the discipline of anthropology, on the Yanomamo people of southern Venezuela and north western Brazil. The title refers both to the story of El Dorado (an account of an indigenous civilisation encounted in roughly the same geographic area by the earliest European explorers) and to the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθÏωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... The Yanomami (also spelled Yanomamö and sometimes written with an ogonek under the first a as Yąnomamö) are an indigenous people of Brazil and Venezuela. ... El Dorado (Spanish for the gilded one), a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust. ... Heart of Darkness is a novella (published 1902) by Joseph Conrad. ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist. ...
The book became controversial on account of the accusations of improper, unethical and criminal conduct which it levelled against the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and the, then recently deceased, geneticist James Neel. Napoleon A. Chagnon (born 1938) is an American anthropologist. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ...
A detailed investigation of these charges by a panel set up by the University of Michigan found the most serious charges to have no foundation and others to have been exaggerated. Many commentators sympathetic to evolutionary psychology have portrayed the affair as an ideologically inspired blood libel on its practitioners. These accounts have mostly focussed upon the role played by Leslie Sponsel and Terence Turner in collaborating with the book's preparation and originating an inflamatory memo to the American Anthropological Association which was leaked (contrary to their declared intention). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Evolutionary psychology (or EP) proposes that human and primate cognition and behavior can be better understood in light of human and primate evolutionary history. ... American Anthropological Association was founded in 1902 and claims to be, the worlds largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology. A number of ideologically polarized debates within the discipline of anthropology have prompted the AAAS to conduct investigations. ...
ElDorado (Spanish for 'the gilded one') is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water.
ElDorado is applied to a mythical country in which gold and precious stones were found in fabulous abundance.
ElDorado is also sometimes used as a metaphor to represent an ultimate prize or "Holy Grail" that one might spend their life seeking.
Darkness in ElDorado (subtitled: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon) is a controversial book published by the investigative journalist Patrick Tierney in 2000.
The title refers both to the story of ElDorado (an account of an indigenous civilisation encountered in roughly the same geographic area by the earliest European explorers) and to the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
The book became controversial because of the accusations of improper, unethical and criminal conduct which it levelled against the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon and the, then recently deceased, geneticist James Neel.
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