Winner of the Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize.The Darker Side of the Renaissance weaves together literature, semiotics, history, historiography, cartography, geography, and cultural theory to examine the role of language in the colonization of the New World.Walter D. Mignolo locates the privileging of European forms of literacy at the heart of New World colonization. He examines how alphabetic writing is linked with the exercise of power, what role "the book" has played in colonial relations, and the many connections between writing, social organization, and political control. It has long been acknowledged that Amerindians were at a disadvantage in facing European invaders because native cultures did not employ the same kind of texts (hence "knowledge") that were validated by the Europeans. Yet no study until this one has so thoroughly analyzed either the process or the implications of conquest and destruction through sign systems.Starting with the contrasts between Amerindian and European writing systems, Mignolo moves through such topics as the development of Spanish grammar, the different understandings of the book as object and text, principles of genre in history-writing, and an analysis of linguistic descriptions and mapping techniques in relation to the construction of territoriality and understandings of cultural space.The Darker Side of the Renaissance will significantly challenge commonplace understandings of New World history. More importantly, it will continue to stimulate and provide models for new colonial and post-colonial scholarship.". . . a contribution to Renaissance studies of the first order. The field will have to reckon with it for years to come, for it will unquestionably become the point of departure for discussion not only on the foundations and achievements of the Renaissance but also on the effects and influences on colonized cultures." -- Journal of Hispanic/ Latino TheologyWalter D. Mignolo is Professor in the Department of Romance Studies and the Program in Literature, Duke University.

The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization

History

Mignolo, Walter

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William Wallace brings a fine intelligence and years of reflection to show how the concept of causal explanation can contribute to the cumulative growth of knowledge in science. Wallace's approach is historical as well as analytical, and consists in a careful and highly original study of how the search for causes has provided a paradigm of scientific method from its origins in the Middle Ages up to the present day. The first of two volumes poses the contemporary question and traces its origin back to the 'Posterior Analytics' of Aristotle. The author then concentrates on medieval science to document the impact of the 'Analytics' at the universities of Oxford, Paris, and Padua from the 13th to the 16th centuries, evaluating in the process the rival claims of historians of science as to the importance of these centers for the genesis of the experimental method. The volume concludes with a study of the founders of modern science from William Gilbert to Isaac Newton, showing the surprising use they made of causal concepts in their own now classical contributions.

Causality and Scientific Explanation, Vol. 1: Medieval and Early Classical Science

Wallace, William A.

<p>Hard Cover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is the story of a doctor who served in the Medical Corps, Army of the United States during WWII, in Europe, the Phillippines, &amp; the Occupation of Japan &amp; then returned home to Mich. to complete 50 yrs. of medical practice. Good/Very Good; owner's name on front endpaper, signed by author on title page, illustrated-all pictures were taken by the author. All oil paintings were done by the author, with the exception of "My Castle by the River", which was done by Adelaide Lawrence. Includes Short Character Sketches of several 'noted pillars' of Michigan Statesmen Benefactors, such as Paul Wendler &amp; Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty.</p>

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The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization

Causality and Scientific Explanation, Vol. 1: Medieval and Early Classical Science

Half a Hundred Years