Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico

Ran Tene, "Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico: An Ethical Transition from Sight to Touch in the 16th and 17th Centuries"
English | 2015 | pages: 177 | ISBN: 9004284540 | PDF | 3,2 mb
A cross-disciplinary analysis of texts from two moments in Spanish writing about Mexican missions between the mid-sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century. The analysis identifies a change in worldviews between these two moments and attempts to explain this change through a shift from a model of vision to a model of touch.