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Erasmus and the "other" : on Turks, Jews, and indigenous peoples
- Title
- Erasmus and the "other" : on Turks, Jews, and indigenous peoples / Nathan Ron.
- Author
- Ron, Nathan
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
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- Description
- xiv, 196 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- This book investigates how Erasmus viewed non-Christians and different races, including Muslims, Jews, the indigenous people of the Americas, and Africans. Nathan Ron argues that Erasmus was devoted to Christian Eurocentrism and not as tolerant as he is often portrayed. Erasmus? thought is situated vis-à-vis the thought of contemporaries such as the cosmographer and humanist Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini who became Pope Pius II; the philosopher, scholar, and Cardinal, Nicholas of Cusa; and the Dominican missionary and famous defender of the Native Americans, Bartolomé Las Casas. Additionally, the relatively moderate attitude toward Islam which was demonstrated by Michael Servetus, Sebastian Franck, and Sebastian Castellio is analyzed in comparison with Erasmus? harsh attitude toward Islam/Turks.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave pivot
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave pivot.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction. Introduction: eurocentrism and racism -- Part II. Turks. Turkish essence -- Conversion or war -- The origin of the Turks -- Erasmus and Nicholas of Cusa on Islam -- Eramus' and las Casas' conception of Barbarian peoples -- Displays of tolerance toward Islam -- Part III. Jews. Methodological remarks -- Shimon Markish revisited -- Purification -- By race Jews, by religion Christians -- Learned converts and Erasmians -- Muslims are superior to Jews -- Part IV. Conclusions. Conclusions.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-1187
- ISBN
- 9783030249281
- 303024928X
- OCLC
- 1112368887
- Author
- Ron, Nathan, author.
- Title
- Erasmus and the "other" : on Turks, Jews, and indigenous peoples / Nathan Ron.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave pivotPalgrave pivot.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9783030249298
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-1187