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Autore |
Brunstetter Daniel R. |
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Titolo |
Tensions of modernity : Las Casas and his legacy in the French Enlightenment / / Daniel R. Brunstetter |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68281-7 |
9786613659750 |
1-136-29065-6 |
0-203-11431-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge innovations in political theory ; ; 44 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - Philosophy - History |
Equality - Philosophy - History |
Other (Philosophy) - History |
Civilization, Modern - Philosophy |
Indians, Treatment of - Philosophy - History |
Indians - First contact with Europeans |
Difference (Philosophy) |
Genocide - Philosophy |
Enlightenment - France |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Modernity and the other: a story of inequality -- Locating the other in the political debates of early modernity -- Thinking and rethinking the equality of the other: Vitoria, Sepúlveda and the true barbarians -- Las Casas and the other: the tension between equality and cultural othercide -- From the civilizing mission to irreconcilable alterity: the changing perception of the Indians in the French Enlightenment -- The other side of modernity: legitimizing the transition from cultural othercide to physical othercide -- Looking to the future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Politics today is marked by tension between claims of universal human rights and diversity. From the war on terror to immigration, one of the |
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