Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man

The debate on American nature, which took place in the mid 18th century at the peak of the great scientific and exploratory voyages, confronted those who defended the exceptional nature of the New World with those who maintained its degenerated condition. The condemnation or vindication of the Ameri...

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Autor principal: Morgan, Muriel
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Publicado: Grupo Prohistoria 2020
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Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Nature of the New World
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1345
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spelling I15-R238-article-13452021-05-07T13:55:09Z Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man Viajeros ilustrados y la Disputa del Nuevo Mundo: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira y Tadeo Haenke ante el hombre americano Morgan, Muriel Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo Tadeo Haenke Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira Nature of the New World Tadeo Haenke Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira The debate on American nature, which took place in the mid 18th century at the peak of the great scientific and exploratory voyages, confronted those who defended the exceptional nature of the New World with those who maintained its degenerated condition. The condemnation or vindication of the American man, emerged as a corollary of this discussion, were linked to a broader debate on the enlightened project to find constants in human nature. In the field of science this controversy deepened the Nature/Culture dichotomy as well as the preeminence of one over the other as the explanatory factor of the difference. With this context in mind, this paper analyzes the writings of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke, two scientific voyagers who travelled through Meridional America, comparing their backgrounds, objectives and mainly their explanations of human diversity. El debate sobre la naturaleza de América, que tuvo lugar a mediados del siglo XVIII en pleno auge de los grandes viajes científicos y de exploración, confrontó a aquellos que defendían la excepcionalidad del Nuevo Mundo frente a aquellos que sostenían su condición degenerada. La condena o reivindicación del hombre americano, surgidas como corolarios de esta discusión, se vincularon con un debate más amplio sobre el proyecto ilustrado para encontrar constantes en la naturaleza humana. En el terreno de la ciencia, esta polémica profundizó tanto la dicotomía naturaleza y cultura como la preeminencia de una por sobre la otra como factor explicativo de la diferencia. Teniendo en cuenta este contexto, el presente artículo analiza los escritos de Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira y Tadeo Haenke, dos viajeros científicos que recorrieron la América Meridional, comparando sus antecedentes, objetivos y fundamentalmente sus explicaciones sobre la diversidad humana. Grupo Prohistoria 2020-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/zip https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1345 10.35305/prohistoria.vi34.1345 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; No. 34 (2020); 131-158 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; Núm. 34 (2020); 131-158 Prohistoria. Historia, políticas de la historia; n. 34 (2020); 131-158 1851-9504 1514-0032 spa https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1345/1718 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1345/1719 https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1345/1720 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Nature of the New World
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
spellingShingle Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Nature of the New World
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Morgan, Muriel
Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
topic_facet Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Nature of the New World
Tadeo Haenke
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
author Morgan, Muriel
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title Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
title_short Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
title_full Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
title_fullStr Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
title_full_unstemmed Enlightened Travelers and the New World Dispute: Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke before the American Man
title_sort enlightened travelers and the new world dispute: alexandre rodrigues ferreira and tadeo haenke before the american man
description The debate on American nature, which took place in the mid 18th century at the peak of the great scientific and exploratory voyages, confronted those who defended the exceptional nature of the New World with those who maintained its degenerated condition. The condemnation or vindication of the American man, emerged as a corollary of this discussion, were linked to a broader debate on the enlightened project to find constants in human nature. In the field of science this controversy deepened the Nature/Culture dichotomy as well as the preeminence of one over the other as the explanatory factor of the difference. With this context in mind, this paper analyzes the writings of Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira and Tadeo Haenke, two scientific voyagers who travelled through Meridional America, comparing their backgrounds, objectives and mainly their explanations of human diversity.
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