Demonio, providencia y libre arbitrio en la historia indiana del padre Acosta
[EN] The present work tries to respond to a striking contrast in the Natural and Moral History of the Jesuit José de Acosta. On the one hand, it is a descriptive treatise on natural history and ethnography and, on the other, in Book V, a treatise on American idolatries, where the Devil has a promine...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/383438 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/383438 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Demonology Native american religions Jesuits Dominicans Inquisition Demonología Religiones indígenas americanas Jesuitas Dominicos Inquisición Padre Acosta Ancient religions |
| Sumario: | [EN] The present work tries to respond to a striking contrast in the Natural and Moral History of the Jesuit José de Acosta. On the one hand, it is a descriptive treatise on natural history and ethnography and, on the other, in Book V, a treatise on American idolatries, where the Devil has a prominent role, at least in appearance, as a deceiver of the human race. Considering the personality, intellectual interests and biographical trajectory of Father Acosta, the intellectual differences and institutional competition between his order, the Society of Jesus, and the order of preachers, at that time his main rival, are analyzed. It is concluded that, to a large extent, Acosta’s intention —by studying the religious culture of another people without rejecting it outright— when he writes Book V of his History as he does is to develop a strategy that allows him to avoid the difficulties that his work it could have had to be edited. |
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