Manufacturing Otherness :: Missions and Indigenous Cultures in Latin America.

The discovery of the New World offered European civilisation the chance to generate a process of circulation of its own cultural values - the ""spiritual conquest""--That has no comparable precedents. The missionary orders played an important role during this ""Westerni...

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1. Verfasser: Botta, Sergio
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:The discovery of the New World offered European civilisation the chance to generate a process of circulation of its own cultural values - the ""spiritual conquest""--That has no comparable precedents. The missionary orders played an important role during this ""Westernisation of the world, "" not only as key players in the spread of Christian values, but also as mediators between different worlds. Indeed, missionary practices imposed the dominating culture's values and institutions on the vanquis ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (297 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9781443855907
1443855901

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