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No nos equivoquemos de cadáveres
2006
Heroism as legitimation of Enlightenment values: Production strategies, changes and disagreements
2020
espanolEn tiempos de inseguridad politica, literatos y gobernantes apoyaron toda una serie de argumentos orientados a construir heroes civilizadores y sacrificados en beneficio de la patria, la sociedad y el «bien comun». Este articulo analiza las variadas estrategias y formas, siempre en constante proceso de definicion, con los que este heroismo ilustrado prolifero en la segunda mitad del siglo. Despues de pasar revista a las coordenadas historicas y a los debates en los que se desenvuelve la fabricacion de nuevos heroes, sin dejar de lado otro tipo de heroismo —heredado de la cultura humanista— me detendre especificamente en los conquistadores de America, sometidos a la critica de los int…
Heroism as legitimation of Enlightenment values: Production strategies, changes and disagreements
2020
During the eighteenth century's periods of political insecurity, writers and rulers supported a whole series of arguments aimed at constructing civilizing heroes who are sacrificed for the benefit of the country, society and the «common good.» This article analyses the different strategies and forms through which an enlightened heroism proliferated in the second half of the century and that were in a constant process of being defined. After reviewing the historical coordinates and the debates within which the creation of new heroes unfolded, and without neglecting another type of heroism—that inherited from humanist culture—I will specifically focus on the conquistadores of the Americas, wh…