03869oam 2200865I 450 991081889130332120240516211836.01-280-68281-797866136597501-136-29065-60-203-11431-010.4324/9780203114315(CKB)2670000000203393(EBL)982052(OCoLC)804662526(SSID)ssj0000681859(PQKBManifestationID)12240948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681859(PQKBWorkID)10663846(PQKB)11454942(MiAaPQ)EBC982052(Au-PeEL)EBL982052(CaPaEBR)ebr10568482(CaONFJC)MIL365975(OCoLC)796812732(OCoLC)773369913(FINmELB)ELB143636(PPN)198457820(EXLCZ)99267000000020339320180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTensions of modernity Las Casas and his legacy in the French Enlightenment /Daniel R. Brunstetter1st ed.New York Routledge2012New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (229 p.)Routledge innovations in political theory ;44Description based upon print version of record.1-138-84901-4 0-415-52784-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Politics today is marked by tension between claims of universal human rights and diversity. From the war on terror to immigration, one of the major challenges facing liberalism is to understand the scope of equality in a world in which certain peoples are perceived to reject and/or violently resist democratic principles. This book revisits Europe's initial encounter with the Native Americans of the New World to shed light on how the West's initial defense of so-called 'barbarians' has influenced the way we think about diversity today, and elucidate the arguments of exclusion tRoutledge innovations in political theory ;44.Human rightsPhilosophyHistoryEqualityPhilosophyHistoryOther (Philosophy)HistoryCivilization, ModernPhilosophyIndians, Treatment ofPhilosophyHistoryIndiansFirst contact with other peoplesDifference (Philosophy)GenocidePhilosophyEnlightenmentFranceHuman rightsPhilosophyHistory.EqualityPhilosophyHistory.Other (Philosophy)History.Civilization, ModernPhilosophy.Indians, Treatment ofPhilosophyHistory.IndiansFirst contact with other peoples.Difference (Philosophy)GenocidePhilosophy.Enlightenment323.101Brunstetter Daniel R.1690025MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818891303321Tensions of modernity4065487UNINA