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A Treatise on the Guaran? System of Government in Comparison with Plato's Republic (1793)

A Treatise on the Guaran? System of Government in Comparison with Plato's Republic (1793) - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Josep Manuel Peram?s, Michael Brumbaugh (Editor), Michael Brumbaugh (Translator)Series:Texts of the Early AmericasPublish date:01/21/25Pages:244
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionISBN-13:9780884025191ISBN-10:884025195UPC:9780884025191Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin America, Americas (North Central South West Indies), IndigenousBook Topic:South AmericaSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SCDXT99P86

The Guaran?-Jesuit communities of greater Paraguay, in existence from 1609 until 1767, represent a unique collaboration between Indigenous and European peoples in the history of the Americas. Reports of these communities were met with fascination in Europe, as readers saw in them an opportunity to build a new political system from the ground up, one unencumbered by the entrenched norms that stymied reform in Europe. European intellectuals mythologized these communities, employing ancient Greek paradigms to characterize--and caricature--them within the context of a broader ideological conflation of antiquity and the Americas.

Josep Manuel Peram?s's De Administratione Guaranica Comparate ad Rempublicam Platonis Commentarius (A Commentary on the Guaran? System of Government in Comparison with Plato's Republic, 1793) emerges as a response to this European intellectual tradition. Written by a leading humanist scholar who lived among the Guaran?, the treatise offers a systems-level analysis of how the Guaran?-Jesuit communities were structured, interrogating formative aspects of the civic experience, such as weddings, public festivals, clothing, and political offices. In making this fascinating Latin treatise available in English for the first time, this bilingual edition offers new perspectives on the Guaran? and new avenues for exploring the complex legacy of classical literature in the Americas.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionISBN-13:9780884025191ISBN-10:884025195UPC:9780884025191Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin America, Americas (North Central South West Indies), IndigenousBook Topic:South AmericaSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.4903Product ID:SCDXT99P86
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection

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