Rafael Sanchez
Dancing Jacobins
- ISBN 13:
- 9780823263660
- author:
- Rafael Sanchez
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 3.3 x 15.5 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Communication Studies, Rafael Sanchez,Dancing Jacobins,Fordham University Press,0823263665,Sociology & Anthropology: Professional,Latin America,Chaavez Fraias, Hugo,Crowds - Political aspects - Venezue
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism Rafael Sánchez explores the enduring legacy of Venezuela's republican imaginary, tracing the cyclical pattern of subaltern populations returning to public spaces in the form of crowds. This genealogical investigation delves into the populist "monumental governmentality" that emerged as a response to this predicament. Drawing on a rich theoretical literature and informed by Bolivarian political theology, Sánchez examines how Venezuela's representatives, or "dancing Jacobins," have drawn on national heroes' images in a montage of monuments and dancing. This form of government has inflected the republic's institutions and constructs, shaping its sovereign identity, heroic imaginary, constitutional texts, parliamentary structures, and even its army. By uncovering the historical roots of this populist phenomenon, Sánchez sheds light on the ongoing oscillation between crowds and peoplehood in Venezuela's politics.
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