II. Knowledge as the ruler’s postulate

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Appreciations vii
3. Content ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I The king – all-seeing and blind 17
7. II. Knowledge as the ruler’s postulate 56
8. III. Strolls through the world. The epistemic setting of the court 68
9. IV. The authorities of colonial rule 87
10. V. Knowledge in the setting of colonial rule 111
11. VI. Entera noticia: Ovando’s project of complete knowledge 151
12. VII. Practices of knowledge acquisition 192
13. VIII. Consulting: scenarios for the application of knowledge 235
14. IX. Conclusions 279
15. Appendix 290