Lope de Aguirre, Hugo Chavez, and the Latin American Left - The Wrath of Liberation (Hardcover)

Lope de Aguirre, Anti-imperialism, and the Latin American Left: The Wrath of Liberation examines why anti-imperialist projects have the tendency to become tyrannies, with a focus on Latin America. Alfredo Ignacio Poggi discusses the figure of Lope de Aguirre, the first modern revolutionary leader, and his various historical representations in literature, essays, theater, film, and comics as a vehicle to interrogate the Latin American anti-imperialist imagination. Poggi argues that the experience of anger is a constituent element of Latin American anti-imperialism and that the social imaginary that emerged in the late nineteenth century - following the intellectual tradition of liberation and the continental political left - has a wrathful dimension capable of generating political programs of revenge, finding an echo in Latin American leaders like Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez. Poggi ultimately proposes to renovate liberationist thinking by offering mercy as an alternative anti-imperialist emotion that can overcome the dangers implicit in anger's radicalization as wrath. Scholars of history, Latin American studies, international relations, and political science will find this book particularly useful.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	Alfredo Ignacio Poggi
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-79362-616-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-79362-616-2
Barcode:	9781793626165

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