{"product_id":"9781405100861","title":"The Idea of Latin America","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley-Blackwell Manifestos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Idea of Latin America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWalter D. Mignolo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Modern \/ 19th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAsks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInsists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWalter D. Mignolo\u003c\/b\u003e is William H. Wanamaker Professor and Director of Global Studies and the Humanities at the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eLocal Histories \/ Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges and Border Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality and Colonization\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). He is founder and co-editor of the journal, Disposition, and co-founder and co-editor of Nepantla: Views from the South.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 January 1991\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405100861\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311108681868,"sku":"9781405100861","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405100861.jpg?v=1780207997","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405100861","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}