The moral force of indigenous politics : critical liberalism and the Zapatistas / Courtney Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jung, Courtney, 1965-

Series:

Contemporary political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Ethnic identity.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Politics and government.

Minorities--Mexico.

Minorities.

Multiculturalism--Mexico.

Multiculturalism.

Mexico--Ethnic relations.

Mexico.

Ethnic relations.

Mexico--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zaptista uprising, and from Chiapas to Geneva, Courtney Jung locates indigenous identity in the history of Mexican state formation. She argues that indigenous identity is not an accident of birth but a political achievement that offers a new voice to many of the world's poorest and most dispossessed. The moral force of indigenous claims rests not on the existence of cultural differences, or identity, but on the history of exclusion and selective inclusion that constitutes indigenous identity. As a result, the book shows that privatizing or protecting such groups is a mistake and develops a theory of critical liberalism that commits democratic government to active engagement with the claims of culture. This book will appeal to scholars and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology studying multiculturalism and the politics of culture.

Contents:

Stepping behind the claims of culture : constructing identities, constituting politics

Internal colonialism in Mexican state formation

"The politics of small things"

From peasant to indigenous : shifting the parameters of politics

The politics of indigenous rights

Critical liberalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-346) and index.

ISBN:

9780521878760

0521878764

9780521703475

0521703476

OCLC:

190760667

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