The political thought of Octavio Paz and Mario Vargas Llosa: Latin America in the polarized world

This article studies the thought of the Latin American writers Octavio Paz and Mario Vargas Llosa in the light of the more significant political processes in the second half of the 20th century: the Cold War, the struggle of the Third World and, in the continental aspect, the revolutionary cycle, wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Alburquerque, Germán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Anos 90 (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/10246
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/10246
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Octavio Paz
Mario Vargas Llosa
Intelectuales latinoamericanos
Pensamiento latinoamericano
Guerra Fría
Latin American Intellectuals
Latin American thought
Cold War
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Sumario:This article studies the thought of the Latin American writers Octavio Paz and Mario Vargas Llosa in the light of the more significant political processes in the second half of the 20th century: the Cold War, the struggle of the Third World and, in the continental aspect, the revolutionary cycle, with its successes and failures. This perspective is analyzed in order to prove, first, the globalization of the Latin American intellectuals, and second, the singularities of the ideas of both writers, in comparison with the ideas of the intellectual field in general.