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Book Review: The Arctic Hysterias

Apr 9, 2023
27:55
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
The Eskimo's Fear of Death by Drowning
02:08 • 2min
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3
The Importance of Restraint in Arctic Hysteria
04:34 • 2min
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4
The History of Arctic Hysteria
06:30 • 2min
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5
The Perblocked-O Hypothesis
08:51 • 2min
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6
The Gigantic Trap and the Eskimos
11:19 • 2min
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7
The History of Poblochto
13:39 • 2min
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8
The Death of Poblochto
15:58 • 2min
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9
The History of Panic Attacks in Eskimos
18:21 • 2min
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10
The Stress of Returning From High School
20:35 • 2min
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11
The Importance of Friendship in the Villages of North Alaska
22:48 • 2min
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12
The Importance of Observation in the History of Hunting
25:01 • 3min
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https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-arctic-hysterias

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Strange things are done in the midnight sun, say the poets who wrote of old. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see are chronicled in The Arctic Hysterias, psychiatrist Edward Foulks’ description of the culture-bound disorders of the Eskimos1

For example, kayak phobia:

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