Columbus and the Ends of the Earth - Europe''s Prophetic Rhetoric As Conquering Ideology

"A brilliant, innovative reading of Columbus and the colonization ideology."—Julio Ortega, Brown University

"A brilliantly original imaginative reconstruction of the mental climate that spawned the heroes of the age of discovery."—Hayden White, author of Metahistory

About the author

Djelal Kadir has recently been appointed Professor of Humanities and Editor-Director of the international quarterly, World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma.

Summary

Columbus is the first star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was unquestioned by their countrymen. How a system of religious beliefs made the taking of the New World possible and laudable is the focus of this review.

Product details

• Authors: Djelal Kadir, Kadir Djelal
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.1992
• EAN: 9780520074422
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07442-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Philosophy of religion, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, HISTORY / Europe / Spain