Oublier Prométhée : la lente préhistoire du feu

Couverture Oublier PrometheeSociété d'Ethnologie

 

Todo el mundo sabe que el fuego es un regalo de Prometeo. Rechazo de la oscuridad, rechazo del oscurantismo: al traer el fuego, Prometeo sienta las bases de la civilización. Allí donde no se conocía, es otro héroe —un reyezuelo, un halcón, un jaguar o un lagarto— quien roba el fuego para dárselo a los hombres y les permite así, al cocinar los alimentos, abandonar el estado natural.

Hasta hace poco, los prehistoriadores (yo la primera) concebían la domesticación del fuego, si no como un don, al menos como un invento repentino y tardío, que se difundiría rápidamente y conduciría a toda una serie de innovaciones esenciales para la humanidad. Hoy en día, esta idea se cuestiona ampliamente.
Catherine Perlès es profesora emérita de la Universidad Paris Nanterre y miembro de la UMR 8068 TEMPS.
Es miembro honorario del Instituto Universitario de Francia y ha recibido un doctorado honoris causa de la Universidad de Indiana.
Continúa sus investigaciones en prehistoria, especialmente sobre Grecia y Chile, en el marco de la UMR Temps del CNRS.
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Perlès C. (2025) ‒Oublier Prométhée. La lente préhistoire du feu, Nanterre, France, Société d’Ethnologie (Conférence Eugène Fleischmann), 96 p.   https://www.lcdpu.fr/books/C506B997-3DB5-4A17-8192-8AE3AFC75F66 [Accédé le 21 octobre 2025].