Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico: An Ethical Transition from Sight to Touch in the 16th and 17th Centuries (European Expansion and Indigenous Response)

Conversion Is A Basic Religious Concept, Which Has Manifold Implications For Our Everyday Lives. Ran Tene's Changes In Ethical Worldviews Of Spanish Missionaries In Mexico Utilizes A Cross-disciplinary Methodology In Which The Fields Of Philosophy, History, And Literary Studies Are Drawn Upon To Analyze Conversion. He Focuses On Two Moments In Spanish Writing About Mexican Missions, The Early To Mid-sixteenth Century Writings Of The Spanish Missionaries To Mexico And The Early Seventeenth Century Manuscripts Of The Author/copyist Fray Juan De Torquemada. The Analysis Exposes Changes In Worldviews - Including The Concepts Of Identity, Ownership, And Cruelty - Through Missionary Eyes. It Suggests Two Theoretical Models - The Vision Model And The Model Of Touch - To Describe These Changes, Which Are Manifested In The Missionary Project And In The Texts That It (re)produced.-- By Ran Tene. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 147-157) And Index. Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico: An Ethical Transition from Sight to Touch in the 16th and 17th Centuries Copyright Dedication Contents General Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Glossary of Foreign Terms Introduction 1 Conversion and an Ethical Worldview 2 Methodology 3 Authors of the Historical Sources 1 From Sight to Touch in the Ethical Narrative 1.1 Earth, Body, and Clothes 1.2 The Body 1.3 Poverty 1.4 Identity and Will 1.5 Sight, Touch and Free Will – A Summary 2 Two Ethical Systems: Example and Mystery 2.1 The Beautiful and the True 2.2 From Example to Mystery (‘ejemplo’‘misterio’) –To Learn from a Human Story 2.3 Self-identity and Historical Memory–Homeland, Family, and History 2.4 Moral Particularism and the Ethical Dispute 3 Cruelty 3.1 Cruelty in the SixteenthCentury – the Object of Cruelty 3.2 Cruelty in the SeventeenthCentury – Torquemada and the Cruelty of Sacrifice – the Story of the Goddess Toci 3.3 Cruelty, Dominion/Rule, and Justice Conclusion Bibliography Index ""Conversion" is a basic religious concept, which has manifold implications for our everyday lives. Ran Tene's Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico utilizes a cross-disciplinary methodology in which the fields of Philosophy, History, and Literary Studies are drawn upon to analyze conversion. He focuses on two moments in Spanish writing about Mexican missions, the early to mid-sixteenth century writings of the Spanish missionaries to Mexico and the early seventeenth century manuscripts of the author/copyist Fray Juan de Torquemada. The analysis exposes changes in worldviews - including the concepts of identity, ownership, and cruelty - through missionary eyes. It suggests two theoretical models - the vision model and the model of touch - to describe these changes, which are manifested in the missionary project and in the texts that it (re)produced."-- Back cover Searchable Database Of Over 10,000 Paintings By More Than 1,600 World Atists; Each Work Is Represented By A Full-color Reproduction Viewable In Various Sizes. Title From Disc Surface. Includes Yorck-browser Software (windows And Mac) And Optional Interface Compatible With Cd-roms In The Digitale Bibliothek Series (windows Only). System Requirements (pc): Pentium Ii Or Better Recommended; Windows 95, 98, Me, Nt 2000 Or Xp; 32 Mb Ram (64 Mb Recommended); 800x600 Screen Resolution Or Better (256 Colors). System Requirements (mac): Powerpc (g3 Or Better Recommended); System 8.1 Or Later; 32 Mb Ram (64 Mb Recommended); 800x600 Screen Resolution Or Better (256 Colors). Database (text And Images). A cross-disciplinary analysis of texts from two moments in Spanish writing about Mexican missions between the mid-sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century. The analysis identifies a change in worldviews between these two moments and attempts to explain this change through a shift from a model of vision to a model of touch.