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The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America. The Art of Organising Hope.
Ana C. Dinerstein
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Paperback. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-à-vis the state. Looking at four prominent Latin American movements, she defines autonomy as 'the art of organising hope': a tool for indigenous and non-indigenous movements to prefigure alternative realities at a time when utopia can be no longer objected.
The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-à-vis the state. Looking at four prominent Latin American movements, she defines autonomy as 'the art of organising hope': a tool for indigenous and non-indigenous movements to prefigure alternative realities at a time when utopia can be no longer objected.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Non-Governmental Public Action
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349322985
SKU
V9781349322985
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About Ana C. Dinerstein
Ana C. Dinerstein is Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath, UK. She has published extensively on Argentine and Latin American politics, autonomy, subjectivity, labour, social and indigenous movements, emancipatory struggles and the politics of policy. Her main publications include The Labour Debate (2002), La Ruta de los Piqueteros. Luchas y Legados ... Read more
Reviews for The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America. The Art of Organising Hope.
“The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America offers an invaluable starting point for thinking about these challenges and for confronting the limitations of fatalist critiques or naïve optimism that too often pervade debates on autonomy. More than that, it offers an open blueprint for thinking about and acting upon the idea that, within a concrete reality that continues to be ... Read more