The Return of the Inca. The Andean Messianism (16th–18th centuries)
Abstract
Recent studies suggest a set of relationships between the sixteenth-century Taki Unquy movement of the Central Andes, the so-called ‘Neo-Inca’ kingdom of Vilcabamba, the popular dramatized events of the Conquest, and the myth of Inkarri. How can we explain these linked elements? To what extent can part of the corpus of documents on Inca resistance be subjected to structural analysis? In what way is the messianic dimension of this thematic area a long-term element? How are Occidental and Christian cultural elements combined with Andean sacred elements? To what extent does the messianic dimension permeate, in the Charcas Audience, the revolt movements of the 18th century?
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