History and Modernity in Latin America

By: Constantin von Barloewen

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Hardcover | 1 May 1995

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Why is it that Japan, with few natural resources, has become one of the world's leading economies but not Latin America, which is so rich in natural resources? This anthropological essay questions the Euro-centric notion of modernity and modernization and argues that Latin America has to find its own form of modernity, one which accepts and reflects its owntraditions. As long as a Western Model is grafted on to Latin American societies, modernization is bound to fail. After examining the history and peculiarities of these societies and their cultures, from the pre-Colombian era to the present, the author develops what could become the framework for a future, "indigenous" model.

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"Preconiza la necesidad de tomar en cuenta las culturas tradicionales ante las necesidades de la modernizaci on, especialmente en el orden de lo cient ifico-tecnol ogico"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History History of the Americas Science Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology

Culture In Theoretical Perspective	p. 1
To Science and Technology In Theoretical Perspective	p. 19
Science and Technology In Latin America	p. 39
The Pre-Columbian Cultures	p. 54
Aspects of Cultural Comparison	p. 92
The Structural Crisis In Latin America	p. 115
Indigenous Technology	p. 159
Modernity and Rationalism	p. 187
The: Vanished America	p. 200
A Conversation With Octavio Paz	p. 206
Bibliography	p. 217
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