Sistemas fluviales y soberanía: infraestructuras de la navegación fluvial y lo imaginario del poder moderno

Doetsch, Hermann (2021): Sistemas fluviales y soberanía: infraestructuras de la navegación fluvial y lo imaginario del poder moderno. In: Designis, No. 34: pp. 205-217

Abstract

The stories of the first trips along the Amazon, particularly that of Gaspar de Carvajal and those of the expedition undertaken by Urstia, narrate the adventure of the discovery of an unknown and marvelous territory, but above all represent a rich compendium of administrative and proto-scientific writings describing means of transport and forms of military logistics. In this way they are an integral part of the empire's infrastructure. But, above all, they are meditations on the new modes of sovereign power, first described explicitly a century later by Hobbes;a power that consists in accelerating the sending of troops, officials, ships and weapons, as well as in establishing feedback circuits.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 2
• Subjects: 400 Language > 400 Language
• ISSN: 1578-4223
• Language: Spanish