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Book SynopsisThe Transatlantic Las Casas demonstrates the vitality of Lascasian studies. An impressive ensemble of scholars spanning the fields of Latin American studies, philosophy, theology, anthropology, law, literary criticism, and ethnohistory illuminate the complex intellectual web surrounding the controversial figure of Bartolomé de las Casas. This volume offers sophisticated explorations of colonial Latin American and early modern Iberian studies by Laura Ammon, Thomas Eggensperger, O.P., Natsuko Matsumori, Timothy A. McCallister, Luis Mora Rodríguez, David Thomas Orique, O.P., María Cristina Ríos Espinosa, Rady Roldán-Figueroa, Mario Ruíz Sotelo, Frauke Sachse, Rubén A. Sánchez-Godoy, John F. Schwaller, Garry Sparks, Vanina M. Teglia, Dwight E.R. TenHuisen, Paola Uparela, Ramón Darío Valdivia Giménez, Andrew L. Wilson, and Victor Zorrilla.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Past and Present of Lascasian Studies Rady Roldán-Figueroa and David Thomas Orique, O.P. Part 1 Trajectories of Las Casas’s Heritage: New Spain and Peru 1 The Conflicted Humanitarianism of the Spanish Colonial Government: Late Sixteenth-Century New Spain and the Impact of Las Casas John F. Schwaller 2 “Multiplicarse ha la tierra de gente y de fruto”: Gender and Re-production in Las Casas’s and Guaman Poma’s Biopolitical Projects (1516, 1615) Paola Uparela 3 (Mis)Appropriating the Authoritative Bishop of Chiapa: Calancha and His Translators as Readers of Las Casas Dwight E. R. TenHuisen Part 2 Las Casas and Indigenous Cultures: Caxcan and K’iche’an Maya 4 Francisco Tenamaztle, Bartolomé de las Casas and the Role of Translation in the Construction of a Legal Case Before the Consejo de Indias (1555–1556) Rubén A. Sánchez-Godoy 5 Books and/as Idols: Affective Discourse in Early Colonial Dominican and Maya Writings Garry Sparks 6 Las Casas and the Divine Social Orders of the Indigenous Americans Frauke Sachse Part 3 Bartolomé de las Casas and Political and Moral Theology 7 The Pontifical Theocracy of Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (1484–1566) Ramón Darío Valdivia Giménez 8 Prudentia: Thomas Aquinas Interpreted by Bartolomé de Las Casas Thomas Eggensperger, O.P. 9 Moral Uncertainty and Doubt in the Affairs of the Indies: Vitoria, Las Casas, and Medina on Difficult Cases of Conscience Víctor Zorrilla 10 “No Greater nor More Arduous Step”: Lactantius, Las Casas, and Continuity in Christian Rhetoric about Conversion Laura Ammon 11 Reason and the Monstrous: Las Casas’s Appeal to the imago dei Timothy A. McCallister Part 4 Bartolomé de las Casas and Early Modern Philosophy 12 Hospitality or Property? The Natural Right of Communication and the “New World” Natsuko Matsumori 13 The Epistemology of Bartolomé de Las Casas: An Introduction David Thomas Orique, O.P. 14 Bartolomé de las Casas and the Foundation of Latin American Philosophy Mario Ruíz Sotelo 15 Las Casas’s Apologética historia sumaria and His Vision of the Other Luis Mora Rodríguez Part 5 Historical Receptions of Las Casas: Utopians, the Black Legend, and Revolutionaries 16 Political Hermeneutics of Utopias in Europe and the Americas: Thomas More, Bartolomé de las Casas, Vasco de Quiroga María Cristina Ríos Espinosa 17 The 1516 Project for the Colonization of the Indies: The Simulacrum of a Utopia Vanina M. Teglia 18 Beyond the “Black Legend”: The Reception History of Las Casas in Late Sixteenth-Century England Rady Roldán-Figueroa 19 Enlightenment and Revolutionary Uses of Las Casas from Charlesvoix to Pancho Villa Andrew L. Wilson Lascasian Bibliography Index
