In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, as Mexico emerged out of
decades of civil war and foreign invasion, a modern notion of
honor--of one's reputation and self-worth--became the keystone in
the construction of public culture. Mexicans gave great symbolic,
social, and material value to honor. Only honorable men could speak
in the name of the public. Honor earned these men, and a few women,
support and credit, and gave civilian politicians a claim to
authority after an era dominated by military heroism.
Tracing how notions of honor changed in nineteenth-century
Mexico, Pablo Piccato examines legislation, journalism,
parliamentary debates, criminal defamation cases, personal stories,
urban protests, and the rise and decline of dueling in the 1890s.
He highlights the centrality of notions of honor to debates over
the nature of Mexican liberalism, describing how honor helped to
define the boundaries between public and private life; balance
competing claims of free speech, public opinion, and the protection
of individual reputations; and motivate politicians, writers, and
other men to enter public life. As Piccato explains, under the
authoritarian rule of Porfirio Diaz, the state became more active
in the protection of individual reputations. It implemented new
restrictions on the press. This did not prevent people from all
walks of life from defending their honor and reputations, whether
in court or through violence. "The Tyranny of Opinion" is a major
contribution to a new understanding of Mexican political history
and the evolution of Mexican civil society.
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