AN101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Neocolonialism, Ethnocentrism, Evolutionism
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Todorov text: columbus and the indians (columbus"s misconceptions about the natives) Columbus depictions of the indians correspond to his own preconceptions and fantasies. Already had preconceived notions in terms of the people he will meet and their culture. During the time, many of the european kingdoms were looking for routes to travel to asia for goods, spices, and so on. The knowledge that the world is round was newly discovered. He was loyal to the spanish crown. He was looing for trade routes to the east. Absence of law, religion, and rites religion was basically the law during the time (spanish inquisition). A kind of white page on which spanish religion and customs could be inscribed. He was seeking to expand the spanish territory and take the lands in the name of. The people in the lands would be vessels for the spanish king and would therefore absorb the spanish culture and continue it in the surroundings.
