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En 1950 Charles R. Boxer, antiguo espía británico y profesor de historia colonial portuguesa y holandesa, publicó un artículo donde describía un bello códice que él mismo había adquirido en una subasta. El hoy denominado Códice Boxer, creado bajo el gobierno de Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas (1590-1593) en la colonia española de Filipinas, es un documento absolutamente excepcional tanto por su contenido textual como por sus bellas ilustraciones en color, probablemente realizadas por un artista chino del parián de Manila. En sus páginas reúne veintidós jornadas, derroteros y, sobre todo, relaciones etnográficas de procedencia diversa, la mayoría escritos originalmente en castellano, y otros traducidos del portugués o del chino. Entre textos e imágenes, ofrece información sobre los pueblos nativos de Guam y Filipinas, el sudeste asiático (Borney, Maluku, Java, Aceh, Patani, Siam, Nueva Guinea), las costas de Champa y Vietnam, el norte de Formosa (Taiwán), Japón y China. El Códice, sin embargo, plantea innumerables interrogantes acerca de su autoría, su cronología precisa, sus finalidades y su carácter culturalmente híbrido. El presente libro reúne, por primera vez, diversos estudios con el objetivo de dar respuesta a todas estas cuestiones.

Etnografia --- orient i Occident --- Història --- Colonialisme --- Segle XVI-segle XVII --- Castella --- Manila (Filipines)

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How did maps of the distant reaches of the world communicate to the public in an era when exploration of those territories was still ongoing and knowledge about them remained incomplete? And why did Renaissance rulers frequently commission large-scale painted maps of those territories when they knew that they would soon be proven obsolete by newer, more accurate information? The Mapping of Power in Renaissance Italy addresses these questions by bridging the disciplines of art history and the histories of science, cartography, and geography to closely examine surviving Italian painted maps that were commissioned during a period better known for its printed maps and atlases. Challenging the belief that maps are strictly neutral or technical markers of geographic progress, this well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic and propagandistic dimensions of these painted maps as products of the competitive and ambitious European court culture that produced them.

Early maps --- Cartography --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- Maps, Early --- Geography --- Political aspects. --- History --- Italy --- Intellectual life --- Politics and government --- Renaissance --- Political aspects --- Història de la cartografia --- Mapes antics --- Política --- Renaixement --- Segle XVI --- Itàlia

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This book pursues the very first use of the term “psychology”, which is traced back to 1520. The appearance of the term was not as a part of philosophy. Thus, the main hypothesis of this book is that psychology from the very beginning was a stranger to philosophy. It demonstrates that even Aristotle used his thesis on the soul to delineate philosophy from psychological aspects. It is therefore suggested that psychological wisdom and knowledge has been retained and in popular culture as long as humans have reflected upon themselves. There were, however, several reasons for why psychology appeared as a part of philosophy at around the year 1600. One important factor was Humanism, which among other things had challenged Aristotelian logic. Another important movement was Protestantism. Luther’s emphasis on the need to confess one’s sin, led to a certain interest to explore the human nature. His slogan, “the scripture alone” represented an attack on the close relationship that had existed between theology and philosophy. Yet when philosophy was thrown out of theology, it was left without the basic theological tenets that had guided philosophical speculations for centuries in Europe. Hence, this book pursues how philosophy gradually adopts and includes psychological aspects to rebuild the foundation for philosophy. This culminates partly with the British empiricists. Yet they did not apply the term psychology. It was the German and partly ignored philosopher Christian Wolff, who opened up modern understanding of psychology with the publication of Psychologia empirica in 1732. This publication had a tremendous impact on the enlightenment in the modern Europe. .

Psychology --- Psychology. --- Cognitive psychology. --- History. --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Cognitive science --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Mental health --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- History of Psychology. --- Psychology, general. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Philosophy, general. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- History of Philosophy. --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Social sciences --- Humanities --- Història de la psicologia --- Segle XVI-segle XVIII --- Història --- Conductisme --- Psicologia de la forma --- Fenomenologia --- Psicologia --- Teories psicològiques