What is it about?
This work studies the impact of the contributions of the Iberian School of Peace and the Jesuit tradition as a response to the New World and the complexity of the political, social and cultural relations that arise from it, shaping new possibilities for coexistence and recognition of political subjectivity and human dignity that were embodied in some missionary experiences in Latin America, specifically through the Jesuit reductions.
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Why is it important?
The impact of the contributions of the Iberian School of Peace and the Jesuit tradition as a response to the New World and the complexity of the political, social, and cultural relations that arise from it, shaping new possibilities for coexistence and recognition of political subjectivity and human dignity that were embodied in some missionary experiences in Latin America, specifically through the Jesuit reductions.
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The Jesuit missions and reductions are a colonial institution, established within the context of the discovery and conquest of the Americas by the Spanish Empire, and are therefore not exempt from criticism. However, even as a colonial institution, even today, without idealizing the reductions, they are considered spaces that, within their historical context, fostered freedom and coexistence in the face of the abuse of Indigenous populations by other groups during the same historical period.
Eduardo Ibáñez-Ruiz del Portal
Universidad Loyola Andalucia
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This page is a summary of: La Escuela Ibérica de la Paz y la tradición jesuita ante la modernidad colonial en el contexto de las reducciones del Paraguay, December 2025, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004749894_015.
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