Resumen

RIVERA, Erika J. Elements of Political Philosophy in the Colonial Age of Upper Peru: A Provisional Approach. Enfoques [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.2, pp.45-60. ISSN 1669-2721.

During the Spanish colonial age in Upper Peru (1537-1825) no works of specifically political philosophy could be detected. But in the universitary space and in the justice administration, a combination of ideas coming from the Salamanca School and the Indian Laws reached a high theoretical value. On one side, the core of these doctrines claimed the equality of all human beings before God and their equal participation in similar rights, and on the other side, the legimity of the Spanish conquest of the New World. In practical everdyday's life these theoretical products had no consequences on the terrible forced labour imposed on Indians.

Palabras clave : Francisco de Vitoria; Indian Laws; Juan de Solórzano; Mita (forced labour imposed on Indians); Salamanca School; Upper Peru.