Description
Inhis first book to appear in English since Mexico: Biography in Power, awork which the Wall Street Journal calls "the standard history ofpostcolonial Mexico," prize-winning author Enrique Krauzeilluminates the evolution of political, social, and philosophical discourses inLatin America. With echoes of Richard Hofstadter and Edmund Wilson, Krauze explores the Latin American intellectual traditionby deftly animating its decisive figures, from Octavio Paz to Che Guevara, Jos Vasconcelos toHugo Ch vez, and inscribing them upon a vivid landscape of patriotism, opportunism, morality, and avarice--and of love, honor, loyalty, and identity. Redeemersdelivers an unparalleled explication of the roots of ideology and action inLatin America today.
Author: Enrique Krauze
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/24/2012
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780060938444
ISBN10: 0060938447
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Latin America | Mexico
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
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