ABSTRACT
W hether he is considered an afrancesado (Defournaux), a Spanish ilustrado (Perdices Blas), or a colonial Latin American author (Sánchez, Núñez, Bendezú), the writings and reform efforts of the Peruvian-born Pablo de Olavide (1725–1803) can be framed profitably within Foucault’s conceptualizations about modern subjectivity and subject formation.
