La conquista y la colonización de América en Cadalso: entre el patriotismo y la Ilustración
This article deals with three aspects of the work of José Cadalso: his statements on the conquest of the New World by the Spaniards, which do not always coincide ideologically; 2) the study of the relationship between the Europe of the Enlightenment and America, that reveal the hidden face of eight...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
2015
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5026327 |
| Source: | Revista de estudios políticos, ISSN 0048-7694, Nº 167, 2015, pags. 33-57 |
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This article deals with three aspects of the work of José Cadalso: his statements on the conquest of the New World by the Spaniards, which do not always coincide ideologically; 2) the study of the relationship between the Europe of the Enlightenment and America, that reveal the hidden face of eighteenth-century colonialism; 3) the objective intentions and the subjective reasons that underlie his texts about the American and seem to show a conflict between his patriotism and the enlightened values with which he identified. By linking together these three themes not only the argumentative complexity and intellectual interests of Cadalso�s thought are revealed but also the explanatory advantages of his «epistolary method», which gives reflection the appearance of novelty |
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