The Conquest Of America - Todorov, Tzvetan

The Conquest Of America by Todorov, Tzvetan

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Published by Harper & Row, 1984

In The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other, Tzvetan Todorov provides a semiotic and philosophical analysis of the 16th-century Spanish discovery and conquest of the New World. Rather than a standard military history, the book examines the clash of communication systems and the European perception of "the Other"—the indigenous peoples of Mexico and the Caribbean. Todorov argues that the Spanish victory was not just a matter of superior weaponry, but a superior mastery of signs and human-to-human communication.

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