The Mexican Exception
Author | : G. Williams |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2011-05-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230119031 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230119034 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Mexican Exception written by G. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the question of democracy in post-revolutionary Mexican society. Each chapter recuperates an event or particular historical sequence that sheds light on the relation between culture and sovereign exceptionality. Each moment or sequence stages a relation to language. In these speech scenes there is a disagreement between social actors (for example, disputes between peasants and intellectuals over words such as democracy, equality, freedom, proletariat, worker, revolution etc.). Democracy in this book is not just a type of Constitution or a form of society that politics affirms on a daily basis. It is the assumption and installation of egalitarian language. Democracy is therefore the momentary interruption or suspension of the police order.