José Ingenieros

Maximiliano Korstanje presents an overview and analysis of the work of the Argentinian Sociologist and physician, José Ingenieros (1877-1925). Korstanje takes in turn the key areas of Ingenieros's work and examines how his thinking can be brought to bear on the social challenges of today.

Autorentext

Maximiliano E. Korstanje is Reader at Economics Faculty, University of Palermo, Argentina. He is a cultural theorist who has studied the mobilities theory, tourism, migration, terrorism, and political violence in Western democracies. His recent books include Terrorism, Tourism and the end of Hospitality in the West (2017), The Challenges of Democracy in the War on Terror: The Liberal State Before the Advance of Terrorism (2018), Mobilities Paradox: A Critical Analysis (2018), Populism and Postcolonialism (2019), and Terrorism, Technology and Apocalyptic Future (2019).

Inhalt

Introduction: Jose Ingenieros, a Short Companion

1. The Question of Social Identity: Among Two Worlds

2. Collective Psychology

3. The Dilemma of Socialism: Opportunity or Decline?

4. On Democracy

5. Why Ingenieros, Why Now? May I Offer Concluding Remarks?

Epilogue