Utopia and the Dialectic in Latin American Liberation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004230507)

Utopia and the Dialectic in Latin American Liberation begins by examining the concept of utopia in Latin American thought, particularly its roots within indigenous emancipatory practice, and suggests that within this concept of utopia can be found a resonance with the dialectic of negativity that Hegel developed under the impact of the French Revolution, further developed by such thinker-activists as Marx, Lenin and Raya Dunayevskaya. From this theoretical-philosophical plane, the study moves to the liberation practices of social movements in recent Latin American history. Movements such as the Zapatistas in Mexico, Indigenous feminism throughout the Americas, and Indigenous struggles in Bolivia and Colombia, are among those taken up--most often in the words of the participants. The study concludes by discussing a dialectic of philosophy and organization in the context of Latin American liberation.

Author: Eugene Gogol
ISBN-10: 9004230505
ISBN-13: 9789004230507
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2015
Pages: 444
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.20d