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The Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789)
- Title
- The Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789) / by Girolamo Imbruglia.
- Author
- Imbruglia, Girolamo
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- vii, 323 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Jesuit Missions of Paraguay and a Cultural History of Utopia (1568-1789)' explores the religious foundations of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, and the discussion of the missionary experience in the public opinion of early modern Europe, from Montaigne to Diderot. This book presents a wealth of documentation to highlight three key aspects of this debate: the relationship between civilisation and religion, between religion and political imagination, and between utopia and history. Girolamo Imbruglia's analysis of the Jesuits' own narrative reveals that the idea and the practice of mission have been one of the essential features of the European identity, and of the shaping modern political thought.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; volume 51
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Christian mission ; v. 51.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Church history.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Europeans and Religious Orders in America -- The Society of Jesus : Missionaries and Missions -- The Missions and Public Opinion in the Crisis of European Conscience : Utopias and Republicanism --Montesquieu, Republican Utopia and Civilisation -- The Age of the Encyclopédie and Rousseau : New Paths and New Needs to Rethink Utopianism -- 1750s-1770s: Political and Social Conflicts -- Utopias and Human Sciences : Diderot's Analysis of Society -- Beyond the Lumières.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-164
- ISBN
- 9789004350595
- 9004350594
- LCCN
- 2017027631
- 99973939194
- OCLC
- 987429794
- Author
- Imbruglia, Girolamo, author.
- Title
- The Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789) / by Girolamo Imbruglia.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; volume 51Studies in Christian mission ; v. 51.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Imbruglia, Girolamo, author. Jesuit missions of Paraguay and a cultural history of Utopia (1568-1789) Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004350601
- Other Standard Identifier
- 99973939194
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-164