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		American Political Science Association
		Political Research Online
		All Academic Inc.

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Race Empire and Republicanism in Latin American Political Thought Diego A. von Vacano Texas A&M University College Station Political Science Department davacano@polisci.tamu.edu I. Introduction On the fourth Sunday of Advent on the island of Hispaniola in the year 1511 the Dominican friar Antonio de Montesino reflected on the condition of the indigenous peoples of the Americas who had been mistakenly labeled “Indians ” and asked: “Are these not human beings?”1 Thus he originated a way of thinking about the
to the mathematical vision in the writings of another Mexican Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 44 La raza cósmica p. 19. 45 Ibid p. 22. 46 Ibid p. 5. 47 Ibid p. 39. 48 Vasconcelos Indología I: 1179; see also I: 1137. 49 See Marentes José Vasconcelos and the Writing of the Mexican Revolution (NY: Twayne Publishers 2000) p. 79 87. 50 La raza cósmica p. 9. 51 However Vasconcelos argues that nonwhite peoples are superior to whites