essay "Des coches"
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The essay "Des coches" is a reflective piece by Michel de Montaigne in his Essais that meditates on European colonial encounters with the New World and critiques the brutality and arrogance of conquest.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| essay "Des coches" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | Michel de Montaigne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
cruelty of conquistadors
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idea of civilizing mission used to justify conquest ⓘ religious hypocrisy in colonial enterprises ⓘ |
| discusses |
Spanish conquest of the Americas
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destruction caused by greed for gold and riches ⓘ moral corruption associated with luxury and power ⓘ technological superiority of Europeans ⓘ violence against Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| employs |
comparisons between ancient and modern empires
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first-person reflection ⓘ skeptical perspective ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical essay
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reflective essay ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical view of European superiority
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sympathetic view of Indigenous victims of conquest ⓘ |
| includedIn | later editions of Montaigne's Essais ⓘ |
| influenced | later debates on colonialism and empire ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
European colonial encounters with the New World
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critique of conquest and colonial brutality ⓘ cultural arrogance of European colonizers ⓘ limits of European knowledge about the New World ⓘ moral judgment of imperial expansion ⓘ relativism of customs and cultures ⓘ |
| partOf | Essais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent |
Renaissance humanism
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skepticism ⓘ |
| workPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
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