The Disrepute of the Old Revolutionary Utopias” and Conrad's Nostromo
Disparaging and Forgetting Democratic Innovation in Late Nineteenth-Century Mexico and Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12809999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J E Sanders (0000-0002-9523-2044, Utah State Historical Society, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-192 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Latin Americanist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-2021 • E-ISSN: 1557-203X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tla.12125 |
| OpenAlex | W2622792870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Why have we forgotten nineteenth-century Spanish America’s innovative experiments with democracy? The sense that Spanish America’s nineteenth-century experience with democratic republicanism was defined by failure, corruption and farce was not a reflection of reality but of a late-century elite project. Around mid-century, many Mexicans and Colombians had expressed great confidence in their nations’ experiments with democratic republicanism. However, beginning in the 1870s, an intellectual and political current emerged that sought to rewrite the region’s experiences with democracy and republicanism as a sham. Conrad adopted this view in his influential novel Nostromo, seen by many as an accurate reflection of reality, instead of as a reflection of an elite intellectual project to denigrate a history of democracy to suit their interests
Art · Democracy · Economic history · Elite · Forgetting · Language change · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |