Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics

Our aim is to show how the discussion about the most suitable scale for imperial scientific policies conditioned the type of botany that was to spread throughout the colonies. Thus we want to explore the shift between two conflicting types of biopolitics: the botanical policy of the Metropolis and t...

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Authors: Lafuente, Antonio, Valverde Pérez, Nuria
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Publication Date:2007
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/32575
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Colonial science
Enlightenment
Imperial biopolitics
Latinamerican science
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spelling Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial BiopoliticsLafuente, AntonioValverde Pérez, NuriaColonial scienceEnlightenmentImperial biopoliticsLatinamerican scienceOur aim is to show how the discussion about the most suitable scale for imperial scientific policies conditioned the type of botany that was to spread throughout the colonies. Thus we want to explore the shift between two conflicting types of biopolitics: the botanical policy of the Metropolis and the political botany in the colonies. This is a distinction that refers to the shift from an organizational model based on the production of data towards one that assigns and redistributes values. They both emanate from the plant world. The first biopolicy seeks to take advantage of the domain through its floristic resources; the second, in contrast, tries to ensure that the qualities of the plants, by digestion, should improve the moral stature of the community. The Empire demands a policy to organize plants, while in the colonies they need a type of botany to create the polis.Peer reviewedUniversity of Pennsylvania PressLafuente, Antonio [0000-0001-7466-772X]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201120112007info:eu-repo/semantics/otherhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/32575reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://www.pennpress.org/9780812220094/colonial-botany/Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/325752026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
spellingShingle Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
Lafuente, Antonio
Colonial science
Enlightenment
Imperial biopolitics
Latinamerican science
title_short Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
title_full Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
title_fullStr Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
title_full_unstemmed Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
title_sort Linnean Botany and Spanish Imperial Biopolitics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lafuente, Antonio
Valverde Pérez, Nuria
author Lafuente, Antonio
author_facet Lafuente, Antonio
Valverde Pérez, Nuria
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author2 Valverde Pérez, Nuria
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Lafuente, Antonio [0000-0001-7466-772X]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Colonial science
Enlightenment
Imperial biopolitics
Latinamerican science
topic Colonial science
Enlightenment
Imperial biopolitics
Latinamerican science
description Our aim is to show how the discussion about the most suitable scale for imperial scientific policies conditioned the type of botany that was to spread throughout the colonies. Thus we want to explore the shift between two conflicting types of biopolitics: the botanical policy of the Metropolis and the political botany in the colonies. This is a distinction that refers to the shift from an organizational model based on the production of data towards one that assigns and redistributes values. They both emanate from the plant world. The first biopolicy seeks to take advantage of the domain through its floristic resources; the second, in contrast, tries to ensure that the qualities of the plants, by digestion, should improve the moral stature of the community. The Empire demands a policy to organize plants, while in the colonies they need a type of botany to create the polis.
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