PDF South Carolina and the Institution of Slavery (1619-1866): From Forced Importation to Quasi-Emancipation by B.A. M.ED. Margaret L. Leverette in History

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In recent years scholars in a range of disciplines have begun to re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. Approaching the subject with new questions and methods; they have reconsidered the importance of the Society in many sectors; including those related to the sciences and the arts. They have also looked at the Jesuits as emblematic of certain traits of early modern Europeans; especially as those Europeans interacted with 'the Other' in Asia and the Americas.Originating in an international conference held at Boston College in 1997; the thirty-five essays here reflect this new historiographical trend. Focusing on the Old Society- the Society before its suppression in 1773 by papal edict- they examine the worldwide Jesuit undertaking in such fields as music; art; architecture; devotional writing; mathematics; physics; astronomy; natural history; public performance; and education; and they give special attention to the Jesuits' interaction with non-European cultures; in North and South America; China; India; and the Philippines. A picture emerges not only of the individual Jesuit; who might be missionary; diplomat; architect; and playwright over the course of his life in the Society; but also of the immense and many-faceted Jesuit enterprise as forming a kind of 'cultural ecosystem'.The Jesuits of the Old Society liked to think they had a way of proceeding special to themselves. The question; Was there a Jesuit style; a Jesuit corporate culture? is the thread that runs through this interdisciplinary collection of studies.