The essays in this book are concerned with the intellectual development of the Spanish Empire in America from 1492 until Independence in the 1820s. The first section deals with the creation of a powerful language of natural law in the 16th and 17th centuries. The second explores the ways in which this was used to account for, and to deprecate, the cultures of the Native Americas.
The final section traces the emergence of Enlightenment modes of approaching the subject of 'Others', both in Europe and the New World, and charts the emergence of a separate cultural identity among the creole population of the Americas.
| ISBN: | 9780860784616 |
| Publication date: | 24th November 1994 |
| Author: | A R Pagden |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Language: reference and general Historiography History of the Americas Philosophy |
The essays in this book are concerned with the intellectual development of the Spanish Empire in America from 1492 until Independence in the 1820s. The first section deals with the creation of a powerful language of natural law in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Uncertainties of Empire features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Language: reference and general, Historiography, History of the Americas, Philosophy
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The Uncertainties of Empire was written by A R Pagden and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor and Francis
The Uncertainties of Empire has 298 pages
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