Redeemers

Inhis first book to appear in English since Mexico: Biography in Power, awork which the Wall Street Journal calls "the standard history ofpostcolonial Mexico," prize-winning author Enrique Krauzeilluminates the evolution of political, social, and philosophical discourses inLatin America. With echoes of Richard Hofstadter and Edmund Wilson, Krauze explores the Latin American intellectual traditionby deftly animating its decisive figures, from Octavio Paz to Che Guevara, Jos Vasconcelos toHugo Ch vez, and inscribing them upon a vivid landscape of patriotism, opportunism, morality, and avarice--and of love, honor, loyalty, and identity. Redeemersdelivers an unparalleled explication of the roots of ideology and action inLatin America today.

Author: Enrique Krauze
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/24/2012
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780060938444

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2012
New York Times Book Review 09/09/2012 pg. 24

About the Author
Krauze, Enrique: -

Enrique Krauze is the author of twenty books, including Mexico: Biography of Power. He has written for The New York Times, The New Republic, Dissent magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Review of Books. Krauze lives in Mexico City.