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04295aam a2200493 i 4500 001 76C3FA0EE6E711E7A3BFBD0A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171222010219 008 161125s2017 pau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016054048 020 $a 082294460X 020 $a 9780822944607 035 $a (OCoLC)951158159 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d YDX $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-pe--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/s-pe $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/s-bo $a e-sp--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-sp $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-sp $a s-pe--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/s-pe $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/s-pe 050 00 $a F3341.P7 $b B46 2017 082 00 $a 984/.14 $2 23 084 $a PHI013000 $a SCI034000 $a PHI013000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bentancor, Orlando, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016064305 245 14 $a The matter of empire : $b metaphysics and mining in colonial Peru / $c Orlando Bentancor. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2017] 300 $a x, 404 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series 520 2 $a "The Matter of Empire examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of the Spanish empire that laid the foundations for the material exploitation of the Andean region between 1520 and 1640. Centered on PotosiÌ, Bolivia, Orlando Bentancor's original study ties the colonizers' attempts to justify the abuses wrought upon the environment and the indigenous population to their larger ideology concerning mining, science, and the empire's rightful place in the global sphere. Bentancor points to the underlying principles of Scholasticism, particularly in the work off Thomas Aquinas, as the basis of the instrumentalist conception of matter and enslavement, despite the inherent contradictions to moral principles. Bentancor grounds this metaphysical framework in a close reading of sixteenth-century debates on Spanish sovereignty in the Americas and treatises on natural history and mining by theologians, humanists, missionaries, mine owners, jurists, and colonial officials. To Bentancor, their presuppositions were a major turning point for colonial expansion and paved the way to global mercantilism"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Imperium, Metaphysical Instrumentalism, and Potosi Mining -- Grounding the Empire : Francisco de Vitoria's Political Physics -- The Impasses of Instrumentalism : Revisiting the Polemics between Sepulveda and Las Casas -- Mastering Nature : Jose de Acosta's Pragmatic Instrumentalism -- From Imperial Reason to Instrumental Reason : The Ideology of the Circle of Toledo -- The Exhaustion of Natural Subordination : SoloÌrzano Pereira and the Demise of Metaphysical Instrumentalism. 651 0 $a PotosiÌ (Bolivia : Department) $x History $x History $y 16th century. 651 0 $a PotosiÌ (Bolivia : Department) $x History $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Indians of South America $x History. $z PotosiÌ (Department) $z PotosiÌ (Department) $x History. 650 0 $a Mines and mineral resources $x History. $z PotosiÌ (Department) $z PotosiÌ (Department) $x History. 650 0 $a Environmental degradation $x History. $z PotosiÌ (Department) $z PotosiÌ (Department) $x History. 650 0 $a Metaphysics $x History. $z PotosiÌ (Department) $z PotosiÌ (Department) $x History. 650 0 $a Instrumentalism (Philosophy) $x History. $z PotosiÌ (Department) $z PotosiÌ (Department) $x History. 650 0 $a Imperialism $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a Spain $x History. $z America $x History. 651 0 $a Peru $x History $y 1548-1820. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100207 650 7 $a HISTORY / Latin America / South America. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SCIENCE / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003051416 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020727.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=76C3FA0EE6E711E7A3BFBD0A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search