439. Cancel Culture: The Inquisition

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How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century.

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Further Reading

• L. Homza (ed. and trans.), The Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1614: an Anthology of Sources (Indianapolis: 2006).


Annals of Science 77 (2020): special issue devoted to the Inquisition and censorship of science

• K. Aron-Beller and C. Black (eds), The Roman Inquisition: Centre Versus Peripheries (Leiden: 2018).

• U. Baldini and L. Spruit (eds), Catholic Church and Modern Science: Documents from the Archives of the Roman Congregations of the Holy Office and the Index, vol. 1: Sixteenth Century Documents (Rome: 2009).

• F. Bethencourt, The Inquisition: a Global History, 1478–1834, trans. J. Birrell (Cambridge: 2009). 

• C.F. Black, The Italian Inquisition (New Haven: 2009). 

• W.H. Bowen, Spain and the Protestant Reformation: the Spanish Inquisition and the War for Europe (Abingdon: 2023).

• G. Fragnito (ed.), Church, Censorship and Culture in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge: 2001).

• L.A. Homza, Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance (Baltimore: 2000)

• H. Kamen, The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision (New Haven: 1998).

• H. Marcus, Forbidden Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy (Chicago: 2020).

• J. Martínez Millán, La Inquisición española (Madrid: 2007).

• J. Pérez, The Spanish Inquisition: a History, trans. J. Lloyd (New Haven: 2005).

• G.D. Starr-LeBeau, Seven Myths of the Spanish Inquisition (Indianapolis: 2023). 

• J. Tedeschi, The Prosecution of Heresy: Collected Studies on the Inquisition in Early Modern Italy (Binghamton:1991). 

• M. Valente, Contro l’Inquisizione: il dibattito europeo (XVI–XVIII secolo) (Turin: 2009).

Comments

John spalding on 22 February 2024

Cancel Culture

On this subject, would you ever consider doing a live episode?

I'm sure a lot of people would like to attend.

(Not suggesting History of Philosopy merch.-tee shirts, baseball caps etc,)

 

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Peter Adamson on 22 February 2024

Live episode

So you mean, something like an online Zoom session where the topic is discussed and people can ask questions? I actually did something pretty much just like that last month, on the related topic of plagiarism, which is recorded and viewable here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQhuLaPAqs

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John Spalding on 24 February 2024

Cancel culture

Would work when you reach the Harry Kanes of philosophy (Kant, Hume , Descartes, etc).  Doubtful for Sky Bet 2 League ones, like John Dee.

dukeofethereal on 5 March 2024

How many interviews do you plan on making ?

How many interviews do you plan on for this series on Catholic reformation and who is the first interviewee we're getting? 

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Peter Adamson on 6 March 2024

Interviews

I haven't put that in the series overview yet since I still have to line up some of the guests; the first is going to be Scott Williams on using philosophy of disability as a framework to approach the New World debate. And I already have recorded Tom Pink on Suarez. But in general it will be pretty standard, like one interview every 5-6 episodes. 

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Peter Adamson on 12 March 2024

Interviews

Just to say that I have now arranged for enough interviews for this series so have added the list to the series description.

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