Spatial mobilities and conceptual immobilities
Starting from the concepts, “proximities and immobilities”, we reflect upon and analyze the writing of two Italian missionaries who moved between the ‘Cinquecento’ and ‘Seicento’ where special mobility (territorial expansion of the Catholic orb) and conceptual immobility (fascination, suspicion and...
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| description | Starting from the concepts, “proximities and immobilities”, we reflect upon and analyze the writing of two Italian missionaries who moved between the ‘Cinquecento’ and ‘Seicento’ where special mobility (territorial expansion of the Catholic orb) and conceptual immobility (fascination, suspicion and fear of the new) converge. We concentrate on the writings of Alessandro Valignano through his missionary manual and Matteo Ricci’s letters as they proceed to decipher alterities by means of the conceptualization of “the barbarian” and the language of “others”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d55751db4b224cc3859025a98dca1a682023-01-31T10:17:24ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaStudia Historica: Historia Moderna0213-20792386-38892023-01-0144228129910.14201/shhmo202244228129933815Spatial mobilities and conceptual immobilitiesRafael Gaune0Maria Montt Strabucchi1Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChilePontificia Universidad Católica de ChileStarting from the concepts, “proximities and immobilities”, we reflect upon and analyze the writing of two Italian missionaries who moved between the ‘Cinquecento’ and ‘Seicento’ where special mobility (territorial expansion of the Catholic orb) and conceptual immobility (fascination, suspicion and fear of the new) converge. We concentrate on the writings of Alessandro Valignano through his missionary manual and Matteo Ricci’s letters as they proceed to decipher alterities by means of the conceptualization of “the barbarian” and the language of “others”.https://revistas.usal.es/uno/index.php/Studia_Historica/article/view/28354valignanoriccijapanchinamissionssociety of jesus |
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