The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado - Tapia Mealla, Luis
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This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the work of Bolivian political thinker René Zavaleta (1939-84), whose ideas were a key influence on many of the indigenous activists and ideologues who have transformed Bolivian politics and economics in recent years. Luis Tapia, a political analyst who has worked closely with many of the central figures in today's Bolivian government, presents a detailed panorama of Bolivian history that sets Zavaleta's analyses in context and helps readers and activists alike understand the history and ideological currents that underpinned the rise of…mehr

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This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the work of Bolivian political thinker René Zavaleta (1939-84), whose ideas were a key influence on many of the indigenous activists and ideologues who have transformed Bolivian politics and economics in recent years. Luis Tapia, a political analyst who has worked closely with many of the central figures in today's Bolivian government, presents a detailed panorama of Bolivian history that sets Zavaleta's analyses in context and helps readers and activists alike understand the history and ideological currents that underpinned the rise of the neo-indigenous movement in the twenty-first century.   "Tapia is the greatest scholar of the work of his countryman."--Jaime Ortega Reyna, SciELO México
Autorenporträt
Luis Tapia is a philosopher, teacher, and researcher. He is the director of the Multidisciplinary Doctoral Program in Developmental Sciences, CIDES, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and National Autonomous University of Mexico.