La polémica de Carlos de Sigüenza sobre el cometa de 1680 a la luz de la construcción de la identidad socioprofesional en el Antiguo Régimen y del patriotismo criollo

Abstract

The Comets were considered at the early
modernity as omens of disaster. When the
astronomer and university professor Carlos de
Sigüenza y Góngora (1645-1700) tried reject
this ancient vision and promote the ideas of the
modern philosophers, he faced up to the
defenders of the astrology, but also his place in
the colonial society. To gain credibility,
Sigüenza must have develop a series of
discourse strategies with the purpose of build a
new identity and gain the status of philosopher.
Before the Eusebio Kino's attack on Sigüenza's
ideas, to the discourse strategy was added the
theme of the creole nationalism.