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Claudio Lomnitz
Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state…
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A riveting study of the intersections between Jewish and Latin American culture, this immigrant family memoir recounts history with…
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A riveting study of the intersections between Jewish and Latin American culture, this immigrant family memoir recounts history with psychological insight and the immediacy of a thriller.
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In Mexico, as elsewhere, the national space, that network of places where the people interact with state institutions, is constantly changing. How it does so, how it develops, is a…
Claudio Lomnitz (Columbia University)
A tale, never before told, of anarchy, cooperation, and betrayal at the margins of the Mexican revolution.
The history of Mexico’s fearless intimacy with death-the elevation of death to the center of national identity.
Claudio Lomnitz-Adler
Applying anthropological techniques to the study of national culture, the author of this work links ethnographic and historical research to two aspects of Mexican national ideology: the history of charisma…
