The Idea of Latin America

The Idea of Latin America
ISBN-10
1405150173
ISBN-13
9781405150170
Category
History
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2009-02-09
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Walter D. Mignolo

Description

The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day. Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas. Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders. Insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

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