The Doctor Who Would Be King Lachenal Guillaume
The Doctor Who Would Be King Lachenal Guillaume In The Doctor Who Would Be King Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. David--whom locals called "emperor"--dreamed of establishing a…
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The Doctor Who Would Be King Lachenal Guillaume
In The Doctor Who Would Be King Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. David--whom locals called "emperor"--dreamed of establishing a medical utopia. Jean Joseph David, a French colonial army doctor who governed an entire region of French Cameroon during World War II. Dr.
Drawing on archives, oral histories, and ethnographic fieldwork, Lachenal traces Dr. Through unchecked power, he imagined realizing the colonialist fantasy of emancipating colonized subjects from misery, ignorance, and sickness. David's earlier attempts at a similar project on a Polynesian island and the ongoing legacies of his failed experiment in Cameroon.
Lachenal does not merely recount a Conradian tale of imperial hubris, he brings the past into the present, exploring the memories and remains of Dr. David's rule to reveal a global history of violence, desire, and failure in which hope for