Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World by Irene Silverblatt

Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World

Irene Silverblatt

299 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Trying to understand how "civilized" people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals...

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