Popular Intellectuals Social Move: Framing Protest in Asia, Africa, and Latin America: 12 (International Review of Social History Supplements, Series Number 12) - Softcover

Baud, Michiel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521613485 ISBN 13: 9780521613484

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

All forms of popular protest include a specific category of 'popular intellectuals', who reflect on social reality, speak in the name of popular classes and who articulate ideas that inspire collective action. This volume focuses on these individuals from an original angle: it looks at the experiences of popular intellectuals in non-western societies, who operate within social-movement networks that link local, regional, and international arenas, and connect to a global flow of ideas. Eight case studies on different societies in twentieth-century Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlight specific activist intellectuals and their role in collective action. They cover a wide terrain, including framing contests among Muslim activists and cultural brokerage in an ecological movement. The collection provides fresh insights into the cultural dynamics of social contention and widens the geographic scope of current debates on this theme.

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About the Authors

Director of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) and Professor in Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Lecturer in Anthropology and Non-western Sociology in the Deparment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521613485
• ISBN 13: 9780521613484
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224