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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790774203321

Autore

Wassner Dalia

Titolo

Harbinger of modernity : Marcos Aguinis and the democratization of Argentina / / by Dalia Wassner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-26132-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Jewish Latin America ; ; 3

Disciplina

863/.64

Soggetti

Intellectuals - Argentina - History - 20th century

Jews - Argentina - Intellectual life

Politics in literature

Argentina Politics and government 1983-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Historical and Literary Context of the Argentine Public Intellectual -- Chapter 2 Aguinis and Alfonsin: Public Intellectuals and the Argentine Government -- Chapter 3 Aguinis and the Essay: The Argentine Erasmus? -- Chapter 4 Dialogue: Leading by Example -- Chapter 5 Jews and the Novel: Aguinis’s Means to an End -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Literary Works by Marcos Aguinis -- Appendix 2 Newspaper Articles by Marcos Aguinis -- Appendix 3 Scholarship on Marcos Aguinis -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Harbinger of Modernity: Marcos Aguinis and the Democratization of Argentina , Dalia Wassner presents an integrated analysis of the civic work and literary oeuvre of Marcos Aguinis, who served as Secretary of Culture during Argentina’s transition from dictatorship to democracy. Situating his writings in their historical and intellectual context, Wassner explores Aguinis’s engagement with the dialectic of modernization as a Jewish public intellectual equally dedicated to fostering Argentine democracy and to inscribing himself in the annals of westernization. Encompassing intellectual history, literary criticism, Latin American history, and Jewish studies, Wassner’s work illuminates the intersecting roles of Jews and public intellectuals in bringing



democracy to post-dictatorship Argentina.