Rethinking Community From Peru: The Political Philosophy Of José María Arguedas (Pitt Illuminations)

She deconstructs his particular use of language, a mix of Quechua and Spanish, as a vehicle to express the political dualities in the Andes. As Feldman shows, Arguedas's characters become ideological speakers and the narrator's voice is often absent, allowing for multiple viewpoints and a powerful realism. Feldman examines Arguedas's other novels to augment her theorizations, and grounds her analysis in a dialogue with political philosophers Walter Benjamin, Jean-Luc Nancy, Carl Schmitt, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau, and Álvaro García-Linera, among others. In the current political climate, Feldman views the promise of Arguedas's vision in light of Evo Morales's election and the Bolivian plurality project recognizing indigenous autonomy. She juxtaposes the Bolivian situation with that of Peru, where comparatively limited progress has been made towards constitutional recognition of the indigenous groups.

• | Author: Irina Alexandra Feldman
• | Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 200 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0822963078
• | ISBN-13: 9780822963073