Author: Octavio Paz
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 9780156687461
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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A Mexican writer and diplomat assesses his country's contemporary political scene and examines the West's crisis of confidence, addressing in particular the problems and prospects of its developing countries

Author: Stephen D. Morris
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842051477
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Mexico's views of the United States have been characterized as stridently anti-American, but recent policy changes in Mexico mark a fundamental transformation in the relationship. This thoughtful and original work answers questions about the impact of these policy shifts on Mexican nationalism and perceptions of the United States. As the only developing country to have entered into a free trade agreement (NAFTA) with a developed country, Mexico offers a unique and invaluable case study of the impact of globalization on a nation and its national identity. Exploring Mexico's experience also allows us to consider how other countries perceive the United States, especially in the post-9/11 climate. Analyzing the diversity of Mexican views of the United States, Gringolandia contributes a rich and nuanced dimension to our understanding of contemporary Mexico and Mexicans' feelings about the vital cross-border relationship.

Author: Eladio Cortés
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 0313262713
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 768

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Provides entries for important writers, literary schools, and cultural movements in Mexican literary history, discussing major works, biographical sketches, and more

Author: Mark Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567620921
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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This learned volume offers a close reading of chapters 3 to 6 of the book of Amos, and attempts to locate biblical study and theological reflection within the complex cultural context of Latin America. The author prefaces his study with a wide-ranging survey of the continuing debate over the proper use of the Bible as a model for the structures of society. The author's particular focus is Latin America, and through sociological and textual analysis, he seeks to define the role of the prophetic biblical voice in this society and presses for a recognition of moral complexities and a constant questioning and self-evaluation from those who would claim to speak for God in society.

Author: Robert Inchausti
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 143840753X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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This book examines how the spiritual longings of ordinary people have shaped the most progressive political and cultural movements of the twentieth century and given birth to a new postmodern perspective on existence that recoups the traditional religious verities on the far side of both literary modernism and neo-Marxism. Inchausti focuses on figures who have been instrumental in defending the sacred traditions of indigenous cultures and oppressed minorities. He demonstrates that Mahatma Gandhi, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, and Lech Walesa share an ethic that is, at once, plebeian in origin and yet sublime in aspiration.

Author: George Joffe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136654569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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In the current climate of political extremism and violence, much attention has been directed towards "radicalisation" as the reasons behind such courses of action, along with a conviction that those who are radicalised represent an irrational deviation from the conventionally accepted norms of social and political behaviour. This book focuses on the current issues and analytical approaches to the phenomenon of radicalisation in North Africa. Taking a comprehensive approach to the subject, it looks at the processes that lead to radicalisation, rather than the often violent outcomes. At the same time, chapters expand the discussion historically and conceptually beyond the preoccupations of recent years, in order to develop a more holistic understanding of a complex individual and collective process that has represented a permanent challenge to dominant political, social and, on occasion, economic norms. With contributions from academics and policy-makers within and outside the region, the book is a comprehensive investigation of Islamist Radicalisation. As such, it will be of great interest to academics and students investigating North Africa and terrorism, as well as specialists in radicalism and extremism.

Author: Jim Norwine
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780049101210
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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This book aims to present an impressionistic picture that reflects the heterogeneous nature of the 'Third World'. Contributions from Western and Third World authors illustrate the complex reality of problems and issues using case studies from the Caribbean, South America, the Arab countries, Asia and Africa.

Author: Barry Jones
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760462195
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 953

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Barry Jones? Dictionary of World Biography weaves historical facts with perspective on the subjects and the influence they had on theirs and on modern times. Gain a unique insight into the life and times of important identities, cultural icons and controversial characters.

Author: Oscar Handlin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674326408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Oscar and Lilian Handlin show how the new voyagers in the twentieth century--from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America--record their experiences in the United States. Many accounts are newly translated from Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Spanish, and include such authors as Rabindranath Tagore, V. S. Naipaul and Octavio Paz.

Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135314101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1024

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This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies