Intellectual Imperialism in the Andes: German Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Peru, 1870--1930 (2007)
Raina, Uta (Author)
Temple University
Schmidt, Arthur
Edition Details: Advisor: Schmidt, Arthur
Physical Details: 236 pp.
Language: English
Amid the intense national competition of the age of empire, Germany engaged in a peculiar relationship with Peru. Although the two nations lacked economic, diplomatic or cultural ties, German scholars of the developing disciplines of anthropology and archaeology laid claim to the Andean nation intellectually. They appropriated Peruvian artifacts and produced knowledge about the Peruvian "other" that laid the foundation for the development of further knowledge. By the end of the nineteenth century, Berlin had established itself as the leading center for the study of Peru. This triggered domestic nationalism and demonstrated Germany's intellectual claim to the region internationally. German constructs about the "other" and the "self" remained highly racialized and had a deep impact on Peruvian intellectual development. They influenced Peruvian national identity, perpetuated Western ideals, and underlined the dominant positions of white Creoles while furthering the continued marginalization of mestizos and the indigenous majority. In the first decades of the twentieth century, as part of a broader emancipation process, Peruvian scholars began to reformulate their country's national identity, rejecting German interpretations of the Andean past and present and fostering instead new concepts of Peruanidad that centered on indigenous and mestizo identities.
...MoreDescription Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 68/06 (2007). Pub. no. AAT 3268194.
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