The Emotional Dimensions of Colonial Rule in the Sixteenth-Century Andes
José de Acosta, Jesuits, and Emotions During the Great Resettlement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14714637 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Clay (Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 331-353 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/735049 |
| OpenAlex | W4410955671 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines the writings of the Jesuit José de Acosta (1540–1600) on Andean governance at the time of the Great Resettlement (a late-sixteenth-century Spanish attempt to resettle Andean people in new, consolidated settlements under Spanish supervision). It argues that Spanish authorities in the Andes sought to manage the emotions of Andean people, and thought about emotions as tools of colonial governance. Acosta also measured the success of Spanish policies by observing the emotions of Andeans. He was especially interested in uncontrolled emotion, particularly weeping, and equated this with an authentic commitment to Christianity. Ultimately the fact that Acosta and others sought to fashion the emotions of the people they tried to rule reveals that colonial rule in the early modern period had an emotional dimension, and the political strategies and actions pursued by ordinary people in the context of this emotional dimension deserve further attention
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| Highly cited | No |