Latinamericanism After 9/11 - Theory and Politics

Informationen zum Autor John Beverley Klappentext Argues that post-9/11 is a new period for Latin America that portends increasing confrontation with North America and hence requires a new form of Latin Americanism capable of confronting U.S. hegemony and expressing an alternative future for Latin Americ Zusammenfassung Proposes new paradigms more suited to Latin America's reconfigured political landscape Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 1. Latinamericanism after 9/11 17 2. The Persistence of the Nation (against Empire) 26 3. Deconstruction and Latinamericanism (apropos Alberto Moreiras's The Exhaustion of Difference) 43 4. Between Ariel and Caliban: On the Politics of Location of Latinamericanism and the Question of Solidarity 60 5. The Neoconservative Turn 72 6. Beyond the Paradigm of Disillusion: Rethinking the Armed Struggle in Latin America 95 7. The Subaltern and the State 110 Notes 127 Bibliography 145 Index 155

Product details

• Authors: John Beverley
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2011
• EAN: 9780822351009
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5100-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries