Enrique Krauze
An epicintellectual history of Latin America by one of the regionâ€™s most prominentthinkers,Inhis first book to appear in English since ,Mexico: Biography in Power,, awork which the ,Wall Street Journal ,calls â€œthe standard history ofpostcolonial Mexico,â€ 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, JosÃ© Vasconcelos toHugo ChÃ¡vez, and inscribing them upon a vivid landscape of patriotism,opportunism, morality, and avariceâ€”and of love, honor, loyalty, and identity. ,Redeemers,delivers an unparalleled explication of the roots of ideology and action inLatin America today.
History,Nonfiction,Politics,Biography,Politics,Political Science,History,Latin American History,Poetry
Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America