Mexico: a culture of fear inside a war scenario
We study the effects of fear as a mechanism of social control in the midst of a lack of security andwithin the frames of a culture of war in Mexico today. This article addresses the issue of fear, itsreproduction and impacts, based on the following two foundations: a) forms of production anddissemin...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios Latinoamericanos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/45940 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/45940 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | miedo refundación cultural seguridad hemisférica militarización contrainsurgencia México fear culture hemispheric security militarization counterinsurgency Mexico |
| Sumario: | We study the effects of fear as a mechanism of social control in the midst of a lack of security andwithin the frames of a culture of war in Mexico today. This article addresses the issue of fear, itsreproduction and impacts, based on the following two foundations: a) forms of production anddissemination of fear among the population (changes in terms of relationship, language, symbolsand narrative we shape up), and b) the concepts of counterinsurgency expressed in the national andhemispheric security policies, particularly in the so-called “war against drugs”, which modifies ourculture and allows fear to have a central role. |
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