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Coletta, Michela and Raftopoulos, Malayna (2021) Latin American readings of Gramsci and the Bolivian indigenous nationalist state. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 16 (1). pp. 47-62. doi:10.1080/17442222.2020.1805845
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17442222.2020.1805845
Abstract
This article engages critically with recent theories on the eclipse of Gramsci’s notion of hegemony in the face of twenty-first-century practices of grassroots activism. It demonstrates how hegemony, and other concepts reworked from Gramscian thought, have been used as the theoretical basis to assimilate indigeneity into a new form of nationalism in Bolivia. The first section examines the role of Gramsci’s thought in the emergence of Latin American decolonial thinking while the second section maps out its most influential Bolivian interpretations. Finally, the third section shows how these principles have played out in the MAS movement and during Morales’ presidencies (2006-2019). This article argues that the Morales administration, by weaving concepts of Gramscian provenance such as ‘motley society’ and the ‘apparent state’ into the Plurinational principle, has created a new nationalist conservatism in the form of a hegemonic indigenous state that contradicts the basic theoretical and legal premises of Plurinationality.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937 -- Influence, Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937 -- Political and social views, Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 21st century, Hegemony -- Bolivia, Bolivia -- Politics and government -- History -- 21st century, Nationalism -- Bolivia | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1744-2222 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||||
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 June 2020 | ||||||||
Volume: | 16 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 47-62 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/17442222.2020.1805845 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Publisher Statement: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies on 10 Aug 2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17442222.2020.1805845 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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