Lope De Aguirre, Hugo Chavez, and the Latin American Left - The Wrath of Liberation

This book anaThis book analyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish historical balance.lyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish historical balance.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Four Cardinal Directions on a Theoretical Map of Aguirre's Expedition
Chapter 2 - Descending into the Depths of the Anti-Imperial Imaginary
Chapter 3 - Hell: The Condemnation of Aguirre
Chapter 4 - Purgatory: The Expiation of Aguirre
Chapter 5 - Heaven: Aguirre in the Paradise of the Political Left
Chapter 6 - Latin American Revelation: The Consolidation of Liberationist Thought from Martí to Chávez
Conclusion - From Wrath to Mercy
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Alfredo Ignacio Poggi is associate professor at the University of North Georgia.

Summary

This book analyzes how Lope de Aguirre's exaltation by the Latin American left represented not only the heroic struggle against empires, but also the wrathful dimension of the anti-imperialist and liberationist imagination, which was capable of justifying vengeful and tyrannical projects in an attempt to reestablish some kind of historical balance.

Product details

• Authors: Alfredo Ignacio Poggi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793626165
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-616-5
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; South America, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Caribbean islands, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Latin America - Mexico, Central America, South America