Juan Carlos Medel
Biographic Data
| ID | 937839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juan Carlos Medel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juan Carlos |
| FAMILY NAME | Medel |
| SIGNATURE | MEDEL J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Diego Portales University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1581-1765 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Defending the Revolution through Labor Organization and Spontaneity in the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in Cuba, 1961-1965
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) were one of the most important mass organizations in revolutionary Cuba. During the 1960s, the CDR developed a slew of actions among the Cuban masses, organizing cultural, political, and economic activities that shaped the revolutionary process from below. Through their work, the CDR gave meaning to their own idea of Cuban socialism. In the context of revolutionary upheaval, they were born as…
The Miracle, the Awakening, and the Celebration
This essay reflects critically on the neoliberal Chile of the last forty years. Taking Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society as a frame of reference, the essay offers an analysis of the recent Chilean uprising. It argues that the revolt of October 2019 expressed a deep rejection of the existing economic model, emphasizing its cultural concomitants and questioning the practices of self-exploitation imposed by neoliberal work culture. The first part…
El milagro, el despertar y la fiesta
o En este ensayo el autor reflexiona críticamente en torno al Chile neoliberal de los últimos 40 años. A partir del texto La Sociedad del Cansancio de Byung-Chul Han, ofrece una interpretación del estallido social chileno. Argumenta que el estallido social de octubre del 2019 expresa un profundo rechazo del modelo económico existente, poniendo énfasis en las consecuencias culturales de dicho modelo, cuestionando las prácticas de autoexplotación i…
Socialist governmentality
During the 1960s, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución [CDR]) took relevant actions along with the Cuban masses, organizing cultural, social, and economic activities that shaped socialism from below. Thereby, through their work, the CDR gave meaning to their own idea of Cuban socialism. In the context of revolutionary upheaval, they were major players in the process of governmentality deployed by t…
Cuban Democracy in the Speeches of Fidel Castro, 1959–1976
Fidel Castro developed an idea of democracy as a legitimate alternative to American democracy. At the dawn of the Cuban revolution Castro was careful enough to avoid Marxist concepts in his speeches, but after the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 Castro embraced socialism as the ideology of the revolution. Then the concept of dictatorship of the proletariat became the core of Castro's idea of democracy. In this context, the opposition between democra…
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Cuban Democracy in the Speeches of Fidel Castro, 1959–1976
Fidel Castro developed an idea of democracy as a legitimate alternative to American democracy. At the dawn of the Cuban revolution Castro was careful enough to avoid Marxist concepts in his speeches, but after the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 Castro embraced socialism as the ideology of the revolution. Then the concept of dictatorship of the proletariat became the core of Castro's idea of democracy. In this context, the opposition between democra…
Socialist governmentality
During the 1960s, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución [CDR]) took relevant actions along with the Cuban masses, organizing cultural, social, and economic activities that shaped socialism from below. Thereby, through their work, the CDR gave meaning to their own idea of Cuban socialism. In the context of revolutionary upheaval, they were major players in the process of governmentality deployed by t…
The Miracle, the Awakening, and the Celebration
This essay reflects critically on the neoliberal Chile of the last forty years. Taking Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society as a frame of reference, the essay offers an analysis of the recent Chilean uprising. It argues that the revolt of October 2019 expressed a deep rejection of the existing economic model, emphasizing its cultural concomitants and questioning the practices of self-exploitation imposed by neoliberal work culture. The first part…
El milagro, el despertar y la fiesta
o En este ensayo el autor reflexiona críticamente en torno al Chile neoliberal de los últimos 40 años. A partir del texto La Sociedad del Cansancio de Byung-Chul Han, ofrece una interpretación del estallido social chileno. Argumenta que el estallido social de octubre del 2019 expresa un profundo rechazo del modelo económico existente, poniendo énfasis en las consecuencias culturales de dicho modelo, cuestionando las prácticas de autoexplotación i…
Defending the Revolution through Labor Organization and Spontaneity in the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution in Cuba, 1961-1965
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) were one of the most important mass organizations in revolutionary Cuba. During the 1960s, the CDR developed a slew of actions among the Cuban masses, organizing cultural, political, and economic activities that shaped the revolutionary process from below. Through their work, the CDR gave meaning to their own idea of Cuban socialism. In the context of revolutionary upheaval, they were born as…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Cuban History and Society (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Communism (2 works) · History (2 works)