Andean Utopia. Ideology and social struggles

This article discusses the use of the concept of “Andean Utopia” in the social sciences the 80s. Not only it was used to characterize the “cycle of revolts” of the Andean south the first decades of the 20th century and the rural struggles of 1950-1960; but also to explain in the first moment, the bi...

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Autor: Plasencia Soto, Rommel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/18484
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/18484
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Andean Utopia
Historical Anthropology
Shining Path
Messianism
Indigenism
Utopía andina
Antropología histórica
Sendero Luminoso
mesianismo
indigenismo
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Sumario:This article discusses the use of the concept of “Andean Utopia” in the social sciences the 80s. Not only it was used to characterize the “cycle of revolts” of the Andean south the first decades of the 20th century and the rural struggles of 1950-1960; but also to explain in the first moment, the birth of Shining Path in Ayacucho. The reasons were between others, of using the theoretical arsenal of the anthropology an also of exotizar to the actors of the above-mentioned movements.