The aboriginal is a European invention, not an observed reality.

Evidence

Thus understood, the ‘ab-original’ does not exist, it is constantly searched for, invented, and reinvented by Europeans. It is located at the crossroads of two quests: that of origins (primitivism) and that of strangeness (exoticism). ‘Original’ must be understood in every sense of the word, that which is at the source, primary, but also odd, eccentric, strange. Finally, the quasi-neologism ‘aboriginality’ is meant to include all these ambiguities, while conjuring up images of wilderness, chaos, strangeness, irrationality. — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 82

Categorization

• XREF: A single word (‘original’) carrying both ‘primal source’ and ‘odd/strange’ echoes the logic the reader studies — cohesion invented through imagined contrast rather than observed reality. — connects to: The noble savage image was a European construct, not an observed reality — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 654; The Jewish-Arab enmity is fundamentally a European invention, not an indigenous one — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 597; Colonial animosities are historical experience, not an eternal order

Related

• The Jewish-Arab enmity is fundamentally a European invention, not an indigenous one (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• The noble savage image was a European construct, not an observed reality #expands (0.92) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 654
• The Jewish-Arab enmity is fundamentally a European invention, not an indigenous one #exemplifies (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 597
• Colonial animosities are historical experience, not an eternal order #exemplifies (0.82)