Ecological Natives and Indigenous Class Warriors - The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador and the Uprisings of 2019 and 2022

This book helps readers understand the evolution of the Indigenous movement in Ecuador, emphasizing the position and perspectives of the activists and organizations of the indigenous movement and delves into the movement's history and the exploration of its crises and its uprisings.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador 3. The Crisis of the Indigenous Movement 4. The National Uprising of October 2019 5. The National Uprising of June 2022 6. Conclusion

About the author

Philipp Altmann (ORCiD 0000-0002-5036-2988), studied in sociology, cultural anthropology and Spanish philology at the University of Trier and the Autonomous University Madrid (2001-2007). He finished his doctorate in sociology at the Free University of Berlin in 2013 with a work on the decolonial aspects of the discourse of the indigenous movement in Ecuador. Since March 2015, he is Profesor Titular for Sociological Theory at the Universidad Central del Ecuador, with focus on how ideas spread, the intersection of discourse analysis, history of concepts, and sociology of knowledge. Presently, he is studying the diffusion of the political concepts of the indigenous movement in Ecuador and the development of Ecuadorian sociology in relation to global sociology and other national/local traditions. Research interests are: indigenous and social movements, decoloniality, identity, social exclusion, systems theory, political sociology, sociology of science.

Product details

• Authors: Philipp Altmann
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032979489
• ISBN: 978-1-032-97948-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, Demonstrations & protest movements