{"product_id":"indignant-liberalism-ellen-moodie-9781477334003","title":"Indignant Liberalism: Political Protest and Generational Change in El Salvador","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDocumenting the rise and disillusionment of El Salvador's postwar activists in the face of populist authoritarian politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conclusion of El Salvador's long civil war, in 1992, was supposed to bring about equality and political freedom. Leftist insurgents laid down arms, and the government formally embraced liberal ideals. Yet today, El Salvador is ruled by an authoritarian president who came to power via unconstitutional means. What went wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropologist and journalist Ellen Moodie embedded with \u003ci\u003eindignados\u003c\/i\u003e--young middle-class protestors, demanding that the government live up to its liberal commitments--to better understand the course of political change since the civil war. Yet the \"post-postwar\" generation is only the latest demographic disappointed with liberalism in practice. Moodie examines a nineteenth-century \"racial liberalism\" that saw descendants of colonists \"civilizing\" Indigenous people while dispossessing them of lands and mobilizing them for labor. Today, the failure to make good on the promises of postwar liberalism has inspired robust support for strongman Nayib Bukele. Moodie argues that El Salvador's case, though inflected by local concerns, is not unique. Rather, it is another stark demonstration of how liberalism's imaginary social contract gives rise to populist authoritarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Moodie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477334009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477334003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Ellen Moodie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743000637695,"sku":"9781477334003","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indignant-liberalism-ellen-moodie-9781477334003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}