La Imagen Azteca En El Pensamiento Occidental Tapa dura - 1984

609 pages with frontispiece, plates, maps and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") issued in brown with black lettering to cover and spine. translated by Juan Jose Utrilla. inscribed by Dr Keen. First published by Rutgers University Press. 1st Mexican edition. The great inquiry into the nature of Aztec Civilization began at the very moment of its destruction in the name of Spanish Crown and Church. From the conquistadors and the early missionaries and colonizers Europe received the first, classic descriptions of the Valley of Mexico. "I Know very well," Cortes informed the Emperor Charles V, "that what I shall say, although imperfectly told, will appear so wonderful that it will hardly seem credible, for even we, who see with our own eyes the things I describe, are unable to comprehend their reality." So, in the year 1519, Cortes reported his impressions of the magnificent ceremonial city of Mexico-Tenochitlan to his royal master. In this work Dr Keen explores the shifting attitudes and focus of the… Leer más

Spanish-language translation by Juan Jose Utrilla of this landmark Latin American intellectual history in which Benjamin Keen explored the ways in which dominant Western philosophical movements shaped the ways in which observers perceived the Aztec, or Mexica, civilization of Central Mexico and depicted it in the social sciences, arts, and literature. Key to interpreting primary sources dating from the Renaissance and Enlightenment to Romanticism and Positivism. 609pp. Dust jacket rubbed, edges worn. Hardcover rubbed, corners dented. Erasure on front end paper. Interior pages unmarked.A few index pages slightly loose at the bottom. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Usually ships in three days.