Political leadership in Zapatista Mexico : Marcos, celebrity, and charismatic authority / Daniela di Piramo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

di Piramo, Daniela, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marcos, subcomandante.

Marcos.

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico)--History.

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).

Political leadership--Mexico.

Political leadership.

Chiapas (Mexico)--History--Peasant Uprising, 1994-.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Mexico--Politics and government--1988-2000.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : FirstForumPress, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can charismatic authority be used to further progressive politics without simultaneously doing damage? Is it possible for a movement with a charismatic leader to achieve an egalitarian society? Tracing the history of Mexico's Zapatista movement and the emergence of its controversial masked spokesman, Subcommandante Marcos, Daniela di Piramo investigates the implications of these questions. Di Piramo's important distinction between charisma as an individual attribute and charismatic authority as a form of political power is reflected throughout her study. Following Marcos's public trajectory, she focuses not only on how the leader has used his personal appeal to draw international attention to the Zapatista's plight, but also on how the constant spotlight on him has sometimes eclipsed the larger political agenda. Her work is both a significant biography and a penetrating exploration of the nature of charismatic political leadership in Latin America.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms""; ""Glossary of Spanish Words""; ""Photographs""; ""1-Charismatic Authority in Latin America""; ""Marcos and the World: A Strange Encounter""; ""Revisiting Max Weber""; ""Perspectives on Charisma and Charismatic Authority""; ""Some Important Definitions""; ""The Problem of Charismatic Authority""; ""Structure of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Chiapas Story""; ""Politics and Leadership in Latin America""; ""The Mexican Political System""; ""Chiapas: Economic Preconditions for Rebellion""; ""Map 2.1 Chiapas""

""Chiapas: Political Preconditions for Rebellion""""The Revolutionaries of the Lacandona Jungle and of Las Cañadas""; ""Notes""; ""Photos 1-5""; ""3-Marcos and the Zapatistas: Storming the World Stage""; ""Who is Subcomandante Marcos?""; ""Charismatic Authority and the �Moral Upper Hand� in Chiapas: Resistance, Legitimacy and Symbolic Meanings""; ""Marcosmania: The Making and Marketing of a �Brilliant Myth�""; ""Zapatista Audiences: The Resonance of Charismatic Authority""; ""Notes""; ""Photos 6-11""; ""4-Zapatista Politics and Other Tales""

""Civil Society, Democracy and Identity in Zapatista Politics""""From the Mountains of the Mexican Southeast: The Charismatic Appeal of Marcos� Discourse""; ""The Moral is Political: Subcomandante Marcos� Tales and Other Fantasies""; ""Notes""; ""Photos 12-16""; ""5-�Being Marcos�: The Celebrity, the Caudillo and the Revolutionary Vanguard""; ""Marcos, Charismatic Authority and the Problemof Being a Cult Figure""; ""Marcos and the Problem of Charismatic Authority within the Latin American Tradition""

""Marcos and the Problem of Charismatic Authority in the Traditional Revolutionary Vanguard Model""""Notes""; ""6-Revolutionizing Charismatic Authority""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix A - Responses of Mexican Civil Society to the Zapatista Movement""; ""Appendix B - Mexican Civil Society and Subcomandante Marcos""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-153-9

OCLC:

1312727155