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Antonio de Montesinos' legacy : defining and defending human rights for five hundred years / edited by Dana E. Aspinall ; Edward C. Lorenz, and J. Michael Raley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498504140
  • 1498504140
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Antonio de Montesinos' legacyDDC classification:
  • 323.092 23
LOC classification:
  • JC599.S65 A58 2014eb
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Contents:
Dedication -- Transliteration and translation notes -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of photographs and tables -- Introduction -- Ideological goodwill : American and soviet cultural exchange plans -- Restricted repertoire : planning for the Bolshoi's 1959 tour -- The class struggle and Shakespeare : the soviets' interpretation of Romeo and Juliet -- Imperial communism : the soviets' reinterpretation of P.I. Tchaikovsky's Swan lake -- Preserving and elevating the classics : Giselle -- State approved innovations : The stone flower -- Soviet highlights : the very eclectic soviet artistic scene -- Tempered success : ballet's role in the Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Montesinos' Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos' famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos today. Antonio de Montesinos' Legacy examines the origins of human rights concepts in the West, the rights of indigenous peoples, the role of the Church in human rights, and human rights in Latin America.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dedication -- Transliteration and translation notes -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of photographs and tables -- Introduction -- Ideological goodwill : American and soviet cultural exchange plans -- Restricted repertoire : planning for the Bolshoi's 1959 tour -- The class struggle and Shakespeare : the soviets' interpretation of Romeo and Juliet -- Imperial communism : the soviets' reinterpretation of P.I. Tchaikovsky's Swan lake -- Preserving and elevating the classics : Giselle -- State approved innovations : The stone flower -- Soviet highlights : the very eclectic soviet artistic scene -- Tempered success : ballet's role in the Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Montesinos' Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos' famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos today. Antonio de Montesinos' Legacy examines the origins of human rights concepts in the West, the rights of indigenous peoples, the role of the Church in human rights, and human rights in Latin America.

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