Constitution and hegemony. Struggles against global domination

Authors

  • Boaventura de Sousa Santos Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra / University of Wisconsin-Madison

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v0i136.3527

Keywords:

left, neoliberalism, capitalism, Latin America, resistance, pacts

Abstract

This essay deals with the challenges presented to the left -especially the Latin American left- at the beginning of the 21st century in their struggle against domination. According to the author, If there is one thing that can be said with a degree of certainty about the difficulties currently experienced by the progressive forces in Latin America, it is that those difficulties stem from the fact that their governments have tackled neither the Constitution issue nor the hegemony issue. The idea of domination, the forms of struggle and the status of globalization are discussed in the first place, to finally analyze the situation of the left governments.

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Published

31-12-2017

Issue

No. 136 (2017): Comunicación, ambiente y ecologías

Section

Tribuna

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