{"id":2095,"date":"2025-08-12T16:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:18:56","slug":"terra-incognita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/terra-incognita\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra incognita"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le <em>Nouvel Obs<\/em> mentionne parmi les ambitions fantastiques de Donald Trump sa derni\u00e8re d\u00e9claration <em>\u00ab&nbsp;Nous enverrons des astronautes am\u00e9ricains planter la banni\u00e8re \u00e9toil\u00e9e sur la plan\u00e8te Mars&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em> et pense qu\u2019il <em>\u00ab&nbsp;r\u00e9active l\u2019imaginaire fondateur h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la conqu\u00eate de l\u2019Ouest&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/em><br>C\u2019est certainement vrai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais la conqu\u00eate de la plan\u00e8te Mars me fait plut\u00f4t penser \u00e0 l\u2019ancienne d\u00e9couverte d\u2019une \u00ab&nbsp;terra incognita&nbsp;\u00bb, une terre inconnue africaine ou n\u00e9o-z\u00e9landaise qui ber\u00e7ait l\u2019enfance des gens aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 cheveux blancs&nbsp;: emplacements de couleur rose sur nos planisph\u00e8res. Sentiment exaltant bien naturel que celui de la d\u00e9couverte de lieux, qui ne pouvaient \u00eatre que myst\u00e9rieux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0On se souvient du pasteur-m\u00e9decin-explorateur \u00e9cossais David Livingston parti pr\u00eacher l\u2019\u00c9vangile en Afrique, y apportant en m\u00eame temps les bienfaits de la civilisation occidentale, soignant les malades et s&rsquo;opposant \u00e0 l&rsquo;esclavage, cartographiant les lieux et recherchant passionn\u00e9ment la source du Nil. Il avait disparu pendant plusieurs ann\u00e9es sans pouvoir laisser de ses nouvelles. L\u2019\u00e9motion et la curiosit\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9rale \u00e9taient telles dans le monde qui attendait le r\u00e9sultat de ses d\u00e9couvertes que le journal am\u00e9ricain\u00a0<em>New York Herald\u00a0<\/em>envoya \u00e0 sa recherche son principal reporter,\u00a0Henry Stanley. Celui-ci, \u00e0 la t\u00eate d\u2019un commando de 190\u00a0africains le retrouva sur les bords du fleuve Zamb\u00e8ze et on rapporte sa fameuse salutation\u00a0: <em>\u00ab\u00a0Docteur Livingston je suppose\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ceci contraste avec le geste nationaliste \u00e9triqu\u00e9 de Donald Trump de faire planter le drapeau am\u00e9ricain sur la plan\u00e8te Mars et, ce qui est pire, avec sa volont\u00e9 de prestige personnel&nbsp;: <em>\u00ab&nbsp;Nous atteindrons Mars avant la fin de mon mandat.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em> comme si tous les habitants de la Terre n\u2019\u00e9taient pas concern\u00e9s par la connaissance d\u2019une Terra Incognita&nbsp;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Nouvel Obs mentionne parmi les ambitions fantastiques de Donald Trump sa derni\u00e8re d\u00e9claration \u00ab&nbsp;Nous enverrons des astronautes am\u00e9ricains planter la banni\u00e8re \u00e9toil\u00e9e sur la plan\u00e8te Mars&nbsp;\u00bb et pense qu\u2019il \u00ab&nbsp;r\u00e9active l\u2019imaginaire fondateur h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la conqu\u00eate de l\u2019Ouest&nbsp;\u00bb.C\u2019est certainement vrai. 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