Troubled Memory, Second Edition

«Este libro es un ejercicio sobre la historia de las ideas contemporáneas. Puede considerarse una toma panorámica, de derecha a izquierda, de un paisaje intelectual determinado. Los pensadores y los escritores a los que observa pertenecen a un mundo político en el que las categorías de derecha, centro e izquierda conservan aún visiblemente su significado, aun cuando las localizaciones y los límites de cada uno distan mucho de estar fijados. Se trata del espectro al que alude el título.» En este magistral nuevo estudio Perry Anderson recorre y analiza las trayectorias de un variado...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Suggesting that better understanding of conflicts between Anglo and Latin America can come from the study of their contrasting popular fictions, the author compares the traditional attachment in Latin America to government by a strong man—a caudillo—to the diametrically opposed expansionist frontier ideology of the United States—the cowboy—who makes space safe for Anglo colonization.