Enlightenment America and the Hierarchy of Races
Disputes Over the Writing of History in the Encyclopaedia Britannica(1768-1788)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9366100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Sebastiani (0000-0003-2382-9260, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 02 |
| Pages | 217-251 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales (English edition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2268-3763 • E-ISSN: 2398-5682 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s2398568200000650 |
| OpenAlex | W2396056743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In the 1780s, the dispute about the New World entered a new phase. Creole voices redesigned the spatial, political, and economic matrix of modern thought about race within an Atlantic framework. By focusing on the changing eighteenth-century entry on “America,” this article considers the successful commercial enterprise of the Encyclopaedia Britannica , which was conceived in Scotland. It examines the intellectual shift in reference from the Scottish Enlightenment of William Robertson to the antiquarian history advocated by Francisco Xavier Clavijero, a Mexican Jesuit, exiled in the Papal States. The new cartography of knowledge endorsed by the Encyclopaedia led to a racial classification associating Scriptures and providential history
Ancient history · Atlantic World · Creole language · Encyclopedia · Enlightenment · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Classics · Gender Studies · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Socioeconomics of Resources and Conservation
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |