Abstract
This book begins with two obvious and important questions. What is Mexico today? and, Where is it going? Mexico has a rich tradition of reflection on Mexican identity. Samuel Ramos, Octavio Paz and Guillermo Bonfil, to mention a few, have contributed ideas that have significantly influenced the representation of Mexican culture and identity. Likewise, many prophets are to be found in newspaper pages. But in our view, this reflection is not sufficient, and we feel compelled to revisit both questions and previous responses to them, bringing them forward to the present, a present replete with new aspects and turbulent events. In the 1990s, Mexico witnessed the "end" of 70 years of continuous government by a single party, the PRI, and the challenge of the Zapatistas and other social movements. These changes took place in the context of great shifts in the wider world1 driving new economic and political ways to relate to the United States, to globalization and the new electronic communications medium, the Internet.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | U.S.A. |
Publisher | Legas |
Number of pages | 248 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781897493311 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Mexico
- chaotic behavior in systems
- globalization
- social conditions