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Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America Reprint edition
Enrique Krauze
Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America Reprint edition
Enrique Krauze
An epicintellectual history of Latin America by one of the region?s most prominentthinkers
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, José Vasconcelos toHugo Chávez, 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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 24, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780060938444 |
Publishers | Harper Perennial |
Pages | 560 |
Dimensions | 135 × 201 × 28 mm · 453 g |
Language | English |