Moral Force of Indigenous Politics - Critical Liberalism and the Zapatistas

Informationen zum Autor Courtney Jung is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research. She is the author of Then I Was Black: South African Political Identities in Transition (2000) which was the winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award 2001. Klappentext Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zapatista uprising, and from Chiapas to Geneva, Courtney Jung locates indigenous identity in the history of Mexican state formation. She argues that indigenous identity is not an accident of birth but a political achievement that offers a new voice to many of the world's poorest and most dispossessed. The moral force of indigenous claims rests not on the existence of cultural differences, or identity, but on the history of exclusion and selective inclusion that constitutes indigenous identity. As a result, the book shows that privatizing or protecting such groups is a mistake and develops a theory of critical liberalism that commits democratic government to active engagement with the claims of culture. This book will appeal to scholars and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology studying multiculturalism and the politics of culture. Zusammenfassung Courtney Jung traces the development of indigenous movements in Mexico! linking indigenous identity directly to the project of Mexican state formation. She argues that the moral force of indigenous claims rests on the history of oppression that has constituted the indigenous as a political group! and not on cultural difference. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Stepping behind the claims of culture: constructing identities, constituting politics; 2. Internal colonialism in Mexican state formation; 3. 'The politics of small things'; 4. From peasant to indigenous: shifting the parameters of politics; 5. The politics of indigenous rights; 6. Critical liberalism; Appendix....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Courtney Jung, Courtney (New School for Social Research Jung, Jung Courtney
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.06.2008
• EAN: 9780521703475
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70347-5
• Pagine: 366
• Serie: Contemporary Political Theory; Contemporary Political Theory
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Mexico, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Indigenous Peoples, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Relating to indigenous peoples, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions