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Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state and the economy in which the rule of law has eroded.

Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state and the economy in which the rule of law has eroded.

In this book the anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz recounts the exile of his grandparents, from Eastern Europe to South America, and how, established in Lima in 1924, they became intensely involved in the Peruvian left-wing intellectual environment and strove to link the indigenous past with an emancipatory internationalism that included Jewish culture and thought. They were friends with José Carlos Mariátegui, arguably the most pro...

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSA riveting study of the intersections between Jewish and Latin American culture, this immigrant family memoir recounts history with psychological insight and the immediacy of a thriller. In Nuestra América, eminent anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz traces his grandparents' exile from Eastern Europe to South America. At the same time, the book is a pretext to explain and anal...

A riveting exploration of the intersecting lines of Jewish and indigenous Latin American thought and culture, by way of a family memoir.In Our America, eminent anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz traces his grandparents' exile from Eastern Europe to South America. At the same time, the book is a pretext to explain and analyze the worldview, culture, and spirit of countries such as Peru, Colombia, and Chile, from the perspective of edu...

In this long-awaited book, Claudio Lomnitz tells a groundbreaking story about the experiences and ideology of American and Mexican revolutionary collaborators of the Mexican anarchist Ricardo Flores Magn. Drawing on extensive research in Mexico and the United States, Lomnitz explores the rich, complicated, and virtually unknown lives of Flores Magn and his comrades devoted to the "Mexican Cause." This anthropological history of anarchy, cooper...

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This book is the first social, cultural and political history of death in a country that has made death into a proprietary symbol. Through an examination of the history of the symbolism of death, this innovative study is a landmark in the comprehension of the unique, rich usage which Mexico has made of the image of death. Unlike contemporary Europeans and North Americans, whose denial of death is deeply imbedded in their cultures, Mexico culti...

The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity.

This issue explores the challenges raised by the interaction of history with public life, specifically focusing on situations where social compacts are reshaped based on revaluation of historical wounds.