Mario Vargas Llosa versus Barbarism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18944992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan E De Castro (0000-0002-8487-5458, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 5-26 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0023879100009328 |
| OpenAlex | W1586648582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article studies how the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa and, more generally, neoliberalism rearticulate the opposition between civilization and barbarism, and the vision of the world that underlies it. During a time in which many intellectuals have embraced a relativistic notion of culture that makes judgment problematic, neoliberals embrace this clear-cut value hierarchy with complete abandonment. In fact, one cannot but be surprised by the ease with which Vargas Llosa makes pronouncements based on the identification of individuals, groups, and political movements with either civilization or barbarism. However, the fact is that his reference to this dichotomy differs substantially from its nineteenth-century version and its colonial precedents. The implicitly racial hierarchization proposed by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and other nineteenth-century thinkers has been replaced in Vargas Llosa's writings by one based on cultural and social values
Abandonment (legal) · Archaeology · Barbarism · Civilization · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · History · Latin American Literature Analysis · Law · Literary and Philosophical Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2014 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |