Modern Inquisitions : Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World /

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Trying to understand how "civilized" people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals to rationality. Modern Inquisitions takes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silverblatt, Irene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church.
Église catholique > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Catholic Church > Peru > History > 17th century.
Inquisitie.
Kerkgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Kolonialisme.
Inquisition
Geschichte
Bürokratie
Kolonialismus
Inquisition.
RELIGION > History.
Inquisition > Perou.
Catholicism
Inquisition > Peru.
Peru.
Vizekönigreich Peru
Peru
Peru > Church history > 17th century.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Accused heretics
  • Inquisition as bureaucracy
  • Mysteries of state
  • Globalization and guinea pigs
  • States and stains
  • New Christians and New World fears
  • The Inca's witches
  • Becoming Indian.

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