Social Protests in Colombia

A History, 1958–1990

Mauricio Archila Neira - Translated by Camilo Ordoñez-Zambrano - Foreword by A. Ricardo López-Pedreros

Social Protests in Colombia: A History, 1958-1990 examines social mobilization in Colombia through a variety of lenses in an interdisciplinary approach. Mauricio Archila-Neira incorporates theories from diverse social sciences including subaltern studies and postcolonial approaches to open up an intergenerational dialogue about political transformation and social change. Archila-Neira approaches this history from an objective viewpoint, offering an analysis from a distance not altered by emotion or hyperbole as he examines the values, traditions, and social collective action of subaltern sectors without external influence or motive. The book argues that academia bears the responsibility to put into play its accumulated symbolic capital to critically understand society, without abandoning the utopic effort to imagine another world is possible. Social Protests in Colombia teaches readers how to inhabit differences—of historical experiences, knowledge, and understandings—and why it is crucial to challenge a world that claims to be homogenous. Scholars of Latin American studies, sociology, political science, and history will find this book especially useful.

Lexington Books

Pages: 396 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4985-5887-7 • Hardback • June 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)

978-1-4985-5888-4 • eBook • June 2019 • $139.50 • (£108.00)

Series: Social Movements in the Americas

Subjects: History / Latin America / South America, Social Science / Developing Countries, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Social Science / World / Latin America, Social Science / Social Movements

Social Protests in Colombia

A History, 1958–1990

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Summary

Social Protests in Colombia: A History, 1958-1990 examines social mobilization in Colombia through a variety of lenses in an interdisciplinary approach. Mauricio Archila-Neira incorporates theories from diverse social sciences including subaltern studies and postcolonial approaches to open up an intergenerational dialogue about political transformation and social change. Archila-Neira approaches this history from an objective viewpoint, offering an analysis from a distance not altered by emotion or hyperbole as he examines the values, traditions, and social collective action of subaltern sectors without external influence or motive. The book argues that academia bears the responsibility to put into play its accumulated symbolic capital to critically understand society, without abandoning the utopic effort to imagine another world is possible. Social Protests in Colombia teaches readers how to inhabit differences—of historical experiences, knowledge, and understandings—and why it is crucial to challenge a world that claims to be homogenous. Scholars of Latin American studies, sociology, political science, and history will find this book especially useful.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 396 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4985-5887-7 • Hardback • June 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)

978-1-4985-5888-4 • eBook • June 2019 • $139.50 • (£108.00)

Series: Social Movements in the Americas

Subjects: History / Latin America / South America, Social Science / Developing Countries, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Social Science / World / Latin America, Social Science / Social Movements

Author

Mauricio Archila-Neira is full professor of history at the National University of Colombia and researcher at the Center for Research and Popular Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword by A.Ricardo López-Pedreros

Chapter 1- Protest Repertories

Chapter 2- The Social Actors

Chapter 3- The Demands: A Statistical Explanation

Chapter 4- Collective Social Action as Class Struggle

Chapter 5- The Strengthening of the State and the Civil Society

Chapter 6- The Construction of Identities

Chapter 7- Indignation Is Fair