Erasmus and the "Other" On Turks, Jews, and Indigenous Peoples /

• Main Author: Ron, Nathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Theology.; Literature, Modern.; Europe-History-1492-.; Christian Theology.; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.; History of Early Modern Europe.

This book investigates how Erasmus viewed non-Christians and different races, including Muslims, Jews, the indigenous people of the Americas, and Africans. Nathan Ron argues that Erasmus was devoted to Christian Eurocentrism and not as tolerant as he is often portrayed. Erasmus' thought is situ...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Eurocentrism and Racism
• 2. Turkish Essence
• 3. Conversion or War
• 4. The Origin of the Turks
• 5. Erasmus and Nicholas of Cusa on Islam
• 6. Erasmus' and Las Casas' Conception of Barbarian Peoples
• 7. Displays of Tolerance toward Islam
• 8. Methodological Remarks
• 9. Shimon Markish Revisited
• 10. Purification
• 11. By Race Jews, by Religion Christians
• 12. Learned Converts and Erasmians
• 13. Muslims are Superior to Jews
• 14. Conclusions.