This book gives a new interpretation of the reception of the new
world by the old. It is the first in-depth study of the
pre-Enlightenment methods by which Europeans attempted to describe
and classify the American Indian and his society. Between 1512 and
1724 a simple determinist view of human society was replaced by a
more sophisticated relativist approach. Anthony Pagden uses new
methods of technical analysis, already developed in philosophy and
anthropology, to examine four groups of writers who analysed Indian
culture: the sixteenth-century theologian, Francisco de Vitoria,
and his followers; the 'champion of the Indians' Bartolome de Las
Casas; and the Jesuit historians Jose de Acosta and Joseph Francois
Lafitau. Dr Pagden explains the sources for their theories and how
these conditioned their observations. He also examines for the
first time the key terms in each writer's vocabulary - words such
as 'barbarian' and 'civil' - and the assumptions that lay beneath
them.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies |
| Release date: |
April 1987 |
| First published: |
1982 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Pagden
|
| Dimensions: |
231 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
284 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-33704-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-33704-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780521337045 |
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