La funeste rencontre

This text focuses the problem of the meaning of the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans, seen as a disaster for the latter, in Montaigne’s and Diderot’s works. Whilst Montaigne shows himself distrustful of the versions of witnesses and translators, Diderot radicalises such distrust. Mon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Georges Navet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2008-06-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/36863