Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy
From Ciudad Juárez to Ayotzinapa
Abstract
Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy: From Ciudad Juarez to Ayotzinapa provides a historical and theoretical analysis of the Ayotzinapa social movement from the perspective of Latin American philosophy to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges that social movements face in the context of extreme violence. Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda analyzes the complete cycle of mobilization appertaining to Ciudad Juárez, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, and the Ayotzinapa social movement. Guided by the theories of Enrique Dussel, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Ernesto Laclau, and Santiago Castro-Gomez, Díaz Cepeda addresses questions of how a social movement is born, how the distinct social movement organizations should articulate to form a movement of movements, what (if at all) the limits and extent of these organizations should be. In raising and addressing such questions, Díaz Cepeda argues in favor of a soft articulation and the perennial need for social movement organizations. Scholars of Latin American studies, philosophy, history, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.
Schlagworte
articulation anticapitalism social issues social mobilization social movements struggles against capitalism political subjectivity violence in Mexico mobilization cycles- 1–18 1 Ciudad Juárez 1–18
- 37–54 3 Ayotzinapa 37–54
- 97–112 6 A New Order 97–112
- 113–120 Conclusions 113–120
- 121–126 Bibliography 121–126
- 127–134 Index 127–134
- 135–135 About the Author 135–135