Misplaced Ideas keyword-diversity as a failed hegemonic project

as a failed hegemonic project

In this absorbing narrative

Carpentier

The spectre of Simon Bolivar hovers once again over Latin America as the aims and ambitions of the Liberator are taken up by Comandante Hugo Chavez

Misplaced Ideas keyword-diversity as a failed hegemonic projectHow can Latin Americans understand their past? Do ideologies which have been imported from Europe necessarily distort their view, or is that to underrate the power and objectivity of the ideas themselves? These questions are at the heart of this selection of essays, spanning twenty years of critical work on history, culture and identity, by one of the foremost Latin American intellectuals of our time. Roberto Schwarzs writings have had a profound