Henrique Soares Carneiro, Transformaciones del significado de la palabra “droga”: de las especias coloniales al prohibicionismo contemporáneo
David Herrera Castrillón, Henrique Soares Carneiro
Revista Ciencias y Humanidades August 13, 2024 DOI: 10.61497/y91tpa24 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractHenrique Carneiro's text analyzes how the term 'drug' has acquired multiple and contradictory meanings over time, ranging from poison to medicine and from native substances to phytotherapeutic remedies. It also examines the conflicts between Indigenous knowledge and its appropriation by colonial society, arguing that colonial powers extracted and repurposed Indigenous plant-based knowledge while suppressing the original cultural frameworks.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Appropriation Humanities Indigenous Art Philosophy |
| Key finding | Argues that the term 'drug' has undergone a conceptual evolution from poison to remedy and from Indigenous substance to colonial phytotherapeutic medicine, and that this evolution reflects conflicts between Indigenous knowledge and its appropriation by colonial society. |
Abstract
Resumen El texto de Henrique Carneiro analiza la evolución conceptual que le ha dado al término “droga” una multiplicidad de significados, los cuales van desde veneno a remedio, de sustancias originales del interior del país a medicamentos fitoterapéuticos, y examina los conflictos entre los saberes indígenas y su apropiación por la sociedad colonial. Abstract Henrique Carneiro's text analyzes the conceptual evolution that gives the term "drug"a multiplicity of meanings, ranging from poison to medicine, from original substances of the country to phytotherapeutic medicines, and also examines the conflicts between indigenous knowledge and its appropriation by colonial society.