Territories in resistance : a cartography of Latin American social movements / Raúl Zibechi ; translated by Ramor Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zibechi, Raúl, 1952-

Contributor:

Ryan, Ramor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Latin America.

Social movements.

Latin America.

Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

363 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : AK Press, 2012.

Summary:

"Emancipation," argues Raúl Zibechi, "is not an objective but a way of life. For the last half century, new and emancipatory social formations have worked to carve out their own territories in Latin America, experimenting in rural and urban settings with new forms of liberatory politics that challenge neocolonialism, neoliberalism, and the very basis of the state itself. Not limited to a single path, these "societies in movement" have adopted forms of communitarian relations that allow experimentation and innovation to flourish at a riveting pace. Blending case studies and history with social theory and analysis, Zibechi opens our eyes to the new world being born just outside our gaze. With a foreword by Dawn Paley, and an epilogue that brings Zibechi into conversation with Michael Hardt and Alvaro Reyes on the continuing revolution of everyday life in Latin America. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Movements as Bearers of "Other Worlds"

1 Latin American Social Movements: Trends and Challenges 13

2 Social Movements as Spaces of Learning 21

3 The Healing Power of the Community 31

4 Recreating the Social Tie: The Revolution of Our Days 37

5 Collective De-alienations 51

Section II Latin America in Movement

6 Subterranean Echoes: Political Resistance from Below 61

7 Recuperated Factories: From Survival to Self-management 91

8 Another World is Possible: Zanon Ceramics 101

9 Chile: The Long Mapuche Resistance 109

10 Landless Workers Movement: The Difficult Construction of a New World 121

11 The Other Campaign, or Politics from Below 127

12 Colombia: Militarism and Social Movement 159

13 Where the Asphalt Ends: School and Community in Bogotá's Peripheries 171

14 Ecuador: A Prolonged Instability 179

Section III The Peripheries of Latin America: Territories of Hope

15 The Urban Peripheries: Counter-powers from Below? 189

Section IV Progressive Governments and Social Movements

16 The Art of Governing the Movements 267

17 Governments and Movements: Autonomy or New Forms of Domination? 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-348) and index.

ISBN:

9781849351072

1849351074

OCLC:

756580375