La Plume Et Le Calumet: Joseph-Francois Lafitau Et Les Sauvages Ameriquains

Studying the "system of religion" invented by the Jesuit priest Joseph-Francois Lafitau in his Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains sheds light on the crucial role played by the "savage" at the intersection of the reception of ancient literature, the history of the modern sciences, and the history of religions in the eighteenth century.