The theater and economy of nature
Religion and the investigation of nature in seventeenth-century Dutch colonial Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3076829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Fausto Moraes Dos Santos (0000-0002-7537-4547, Universidade Estadual de Maringá), Marlon Marcel Fiori (0000-0001-6507-0788, Universidade Estadual de Maringá) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Pages | e2025020-e2025020 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702025000100020 |
| PMID | 40332220 |
| OpenAlex | W4410043691 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702025000100207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Historians tend to agree that the investigations by Piso and Marcgraf into nature in northeastern Brazil during the brief Dutch rule in that region were guided by a profound utilitarian approach. This article broadens this perspective by demonstrating how religious elements were heavily involved in their investigations of the natural world. We suggest that for both, like many of their contemporaries, the study of nature was also a way to contemplate the wisdom and omnipotence of the creator's work and demonstrate how religious elements, like the idea of the economy of nature, influenced the understanding of the natural world
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Economics · Economy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Natural (archaeology) · Omnipotence · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |