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

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Silverblatt, Irene
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.