In the land of paradoxes : nationalism , ethnicity and ideology in Latin America

Abstract

The author analyzes the political space that nationalism of the XIX th century, revolutionary nationalism, Marxism, and democratizing project), the author examines trends observed over time. These constants encapsulate the difficulties, also known as paradoxes, to formulate an integrated project in which belonging to a Nation, and conserving one's ethnic identity are not irreconcilable differences.