Redeemers - Ideas and Power in Latin America

In this epic intellectual history, Enrique Krauze presents the major ideas that have formed the modern Latin-American political mind. From early post-colonial revolutionary movements, to Marxism and socialism, to the liberal democracy of recent decades, Krauze examines the ways in which ideologies have been embodied by influential politicians, activists, artists, and writers. Redeemers highlights major thinkers from throughout Central and South America, including Jose Vasconcelos, Jose Marti and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and controversial figures from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez. This sweeping overview connects Latin America''s political past to its present and looks ahead into a hopeful but uncertain future. Enrique Krauze is the author of twenty books, including Mexico. He has written for the New York Times, The New Republic, Dissent, the Washington Post, and the New York Review of Books. Krauze lives in Mexico City where he is the president of the publishing house Editorial Clio and editor-in-chief of Letras Libres magazine.

About the author

Enrique Krauze is the author of twenty books, including Mexico: Biography of Power. He has written for The New York Times, The New Republic, Dissent magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Review of Books. Krauze lives in Mexico City.

Product details

• Authors: Enrique Krauze, Krauze Enrique
• Assisted by: Hank Heifetz (Translation), Natasha Wimmer (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.07.2012
• EAN: 9780060938444
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093844-4
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Autobiography: historical, political and military, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: Latin America / Mexico, HISTORY: Latin America / General, HISTORY: LATIN AMERICAN, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays, POETRY: Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Caribbean & Latin American