Homer and the idea of the savage : first impressions -- The legend of the Golden Age and the idea of the savage -- The emergence of the Classical idea of the savage -- The Classical idea of the savage and the invention of Western philosophy -- The idea of the savage and the rise of Roman imperial civilization -- Parallel lives : the idea of the savage and the decline of the Roman Empire -- The Medieval Christian Church's war on the Classical idea of the savage -- The Wild Man and the Medieval Christian idea of the savage -- The Renaissance humanist revival of the Classical language of savagery -- The Renaissance discovery era and the idea of the savage -- The Enlightenment idea of the savage and the Founders' first Indian policy -- Savage anxieties : Indigenous Peoples' human rights in the twenty-first century.
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