Reinventing Modernity in Latin America - Intellectuals Imagine the Future, 1900-1930

Informationen zum Autor Nicola Miller is Reader in Latin American History, University College London. Klappentext This is an exploration of how Latin America developed an alternative modernity during the early twentieth century, one that challenges the key assumptions of the Western dominant model. Zusammenfassung This is an exploration of how Latin America developed an alternative modernity during the early twentieth century! one that challenges the key assumptions of the Western dominant model. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Against Fate and Ascription * Mapping Out the Modern: Rodó's Critique of Pure Reason * Creating a Workers' Public Sphere: Juan B. Justo's Analysis of State and Society * Translating the Past into the Present: The Integrating Modernity of Alfonso Reyes * A Vital Form of Public Space: Mariátegui's Revolution in Modernity * Conclusion: A Distinctively Latin American Modernity

Product details

• Authors: N Miller, N. Miller
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2008
• EAN: 9781349371921
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37192-1
• No. of pages: 289
• Series: Studies of the Americas; Studies of the Americas (Hardc; Studies of the Americas; Studies of the Americas (Hardc
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Cultural History, History: specific events & topics, Social History, Political Science, Social & cultural history, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political History, History: specific events and topics, History of the Americas, World Politics, Civilization—History, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, America—History, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Latin America—Politics and government, South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America, Latin American Politics