A conversation with Rita De Grandis (video)
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A conversation with Max Cameron (video)
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Modernity can be defined as the belief in the universal freedom and rationality of humanity, and is often posed as the conduit for teleological progress. I think the integration of modernity depends on a lot of factors. One of these is topographical. For example, as Dawson states: “Latin Americans lacked the resources needed to […]
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A conversation with Max Cameron (video)
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This week, I was able to see the effect that technology had to move the people into the forefront of the political game. As it has been noted multiple times thus far in this course, one of the things that … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with democracy, imagined narratives, Perón, personality cult, populism, propaganda, radio, technology
This week, I was able to see the effect that technology had to move the people into the forefront of the political game. As it has been noted multiple times thus far in this course, one of the things that … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with democracy, imagined narratives, Perón, personality cult, populism, propaganda, radio, technology
Happy Thanksgiving, all. Since there was no video lecture given by our professor for this week, I will be comenting on a related video, entitled “Modernity and Modernization in Mexico”. The first thought that caught my eye were the disconcerting similarities between the definition given of modernity and that which is understood of progress. Especially, […]
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