The Problem with Andrea Wulf's Biography of Humboldt
Time to Eat the Dogs
Andrea Wulf’s book the The Invention of Nature tells the story of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the world’s most important nineteenth-century explorers. Professor Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra talks about some of the problems of the book, specifically how Wulf’s view of Humboldt divorces him from the Central and South American scholars who helped him re-imagine the Americas for European and North American readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesNext Episodes
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