Arctic Madness by Pierre Deleage
A concise investigation into the so‑called “arctic hysteria” (pibloktoq), this book follows the idea from explorers’ anecdotes to psychiatric and anthropological canon, showing how colonial imaginations and citation chains turned scattered observations into a putative Inuit disorder. Using archival sleuthing and close reading of field reports, it unpacks misinterpretations, sensationalism, and alternative explanations—ranging from nutritional toxicity to social and environmental stress. The result is a dismantling of a fragile diagnostic category and a reflection on how scientific facts are made, circulated, and undone.
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