Reinventing modernity in Latin America
Subtitle: intellectuals imagine the future, 1900-1930
By: Nicola Miller
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Studies of the Americas
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780230603875
Subjects: Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy; Modernism (Literature) -- Latin America; Latin America -- Civilization -- Philosophy; Latin America -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-270) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : against fate and ascription; title: Mapping out the modern : Rodó's critique of pure reason; title: Creating a workers' public sphere : Juan B. Justo's analysis of state and society; title: Translating the past into the present : the synthesizing modernity of Alfonso Reyes; title: A vital form of public space : Mariátegui's revolution in modernity; title: Conclusion : a distinctively Latin American modernity