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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2008-06-01
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| description | 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. Montaigne thinks primarily in terms of childhood (for America) and of corruption (for Europe), Diderot, in a dialogue about Tahiti, on the one hand, denounces the European hypocritical use of the concept of “natural law”, and, on the other, by contrasting Europeans to the simpler but more rational Tahitian vision of social life, intends to show their deep inconsistency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7130a0c535f646f097895190ac9811552024-02-14T16:50:59ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522008-06-0110.4000/nuevomundo.36863La funeste rencontreGeorges NavetThis 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. Montaigne thinks primarily in terms of childhood (for America) and of corruption (for Europe), Diderot, in a dialogue about Tahiti, on the one hand, denounces the European hypocritical use of the concept of “natural law”, and, on the other, by contrasting Europeans to the simpler but more rational Tahitian vision of social life, intends to show their deep inconsistency.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/36863nativeslumièresEnlightmentLoi naturelle |
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