This seminar aims at exploring the historical problem of change in modern Latin America. By stressing the fact that partial reforms could bring lasting revolutionary consequences and revolutionary processes could become reformist it emphasizes on two national cases.
Reform in Argentina is the first one. Focusing on the first phase of Peronism -during the 1940s and 1950s- the seminar concerns itself with the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of what is arguably one of the most resilient so-called Latin American populisms.
Revolution in Cuba is the second case. Concentrating its attention on the first decades of the Cuban revolution, the seminar will discuss interpretations of its overall performance between 1959 and 1989; the specific conditions that facilitated its initial success; its achievements and limitations on the economic, social, cultural and political realms; its influences on the international scene.
Reform in Argentina is the first one. Focusing on the first phase of Peronism -during the 1940s and 1950s- the seminar concerns itself with the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of what is arguably one of the most resilient so-called Latin American populisms.
Revolution in Cuba is the second case. Concentrating its attention on the first decades of the Cuban revolution, the seminar will discuss interpretations of its overall performance between 1959 and 1989; the specific conditions that facilitated its initial success; its achievements and limitations on the economic, social, cultural and political realms; its influences on the international scene.
- Teacher: Diego Armus