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The Theory and Philosophy of History
This Element argues for a broad and inclusive understanding of the 'theory and philosophy of history', a goal that has proven elusive. Different intellectual traditions have competing, often incompatible definitions of what could or should count as proper 'theory/philosophy of history'. By expanding on the traditional versions of the 'history of the theory and philosophy of history' and including contexts from the Global South, particularly Latin America, the author hopes to offer a broader, more inclusive perspective on the theoretical reflections about history.
Bodies, Territories and Serious Violations of Human Rights in Mexico
This book seeks to contribute to the analysis of the serious violations of human rights in Mexico during the processes of democratic transition and the "War on Drugs" by taking bodies and territories as archives of the crimes committed by the Mexican State in the last decades. The text presents an analysis of the disappearance of persons, forced internal displacement, and gender violence as systematic expressions of State violence. These fields of research allow us to point out tensions between social practices and the institutional fragility that systematically denies human rights violations while at the same time ratifies and celebrates them. The thematic knotting between bodies and territ...
Transpacific Revolutionaries
This book shows how Maoism was globalized during the 1949-1976 period, highlighting the agency of both Latin American and Chinese actors. While Maoism has long been known to have been influential in many social movements and guerrilla groups in Latin America, author Matthew Rothwell is the first to establish the way in which Latin American communists domesticated Maoism to Latin American conditions and turned Maoism into an influential political trend in many countries. By utilizing case studies of the formation of Maoist guerrilla groups and political parties in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, the book shows how the movement of Chinese communist ideas to Latin America was the product of a highly organized effort that involved formal connections between Latin American activists and the People’s Republic of China. It represents a major contribution to three developing fields of historical inquiry: Latin America in the Cold War, the global 1960s, and Chinese Maoist foreign relations.
The Resurrection as a Messianic Anticipation
One of the temptations of the preacher is to make all conversations about grace too “nice”. But a true preacher of grace, like Carlos, knows that this does not help people grow in faith at all. In this book, Carlos continues his ambitious, multi-volume quest to make it possible to live the Christian faith authentically without either dumbing down our intelligence or forcing us into a Stockholm syndrome of speaking “well” while tamping down the realities through which we are really living. Hence, Carlos has put his nets deep into the life experiences of different groups of those who have lost, of those for whom the outrage of death is a constant reality, and who have had to learn a ne...
Victim Activists in Mexico
Victim Activists in Mexico: Social and Political Mobilization amid Extreme Violence and Disappearances examines the collective action of the courageous family members of the disappeared in the midst of Mexico’s ongoing humanitarian crisis over the last decades. Yael Siman and Matthew Hone analyze this grassroots mobilization and argue that the activists have created rutinary, contentious, and innovative types of resistance through building local and trans-local links of support and solidarity that reinforce their struggle. This mobilization from below has contributed to constructing transitional justice including laws, public apologies, and memorials. The combination of internal and external factors impacting the collectives and their environment has enabled significant changes in the institutions, state responses, and the victimhood narratives in the country. This book adds to the scholarship on the collective action of grieving families by focusing on both the social and political aspects of mobilization.
Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in Mexico
Since the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered. Failed assassinations and threats have silenced thousands more. Such high levels of violence and corruption question one of the fundamental assumptions of modern societies, that democracy and press freedom are inextricably intertwined. In this collection historians, media experts, political scientists, cartoonists, and journalists reconsider censorship, state-press relations, news coverage, and readership to retell the history of Mexico's press.
Metáforas de ausencia en México
Las tramitaciones del pasado y del presente siguen siendo un lastre para la justicia transicional. Los debates se han cerrado una y otra vez, mientras se conmina a la creación de organizaciones como mediadoras del dolor a través de la facturación.
Steinbeck y México
Este libro explora la obra literaria y cinematográfica de John Steinbeck sobre México durante el periodo que consolida la hegemonía mundial de Estados Unidos, y que va de la Gran Depresión a la Guerra Fría. Este periodo se caracterizó por el imperativo capitalista de superar barreras espacio-temporales. En Steinbeck, la celebración de la locomoción –base del progreso– aunada a una simultánea nostalgia por aquello que el progreso destruye a su paso, respondió a este imperativo, y México constituyó aquel espacio donde se manifestaban las paradojas de esta visión. Con múltiples contradicciones, la imagen de la comunidad mexicana, rural e indígena, afloró en torno a las preoc...
DE LAS FOSAS CLANDESTINAS A LA TUMBA VACÍA
Las fosas clandestinas son un síntoma de la violencia sistémica en las sociedades contemporáneas. Aquí convergen testimonios de familiares de personas desaparecidas con análisis sociológico, político, histórico, filosófico y teológico.
La patria de los ausentes
Este libro analiza diacrónicamente el fenómeno de la desaparición y sincrónicamente a los perpetradores en dos contextos excepcionales: la guerra sucia y la guerra contra el narcotráfico y el crimen organizado.
