'Punto de Vista' and the Argentine Intellectual Left

This book is the first comprehensive account of the Argentine magazine Punto de Vista (19782008), a cultural review that gathered together prominent Argentine intellectuals throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century. Directed by cultural historian and public intellectual Beatriz Sarlo, the story of the magazine serves as a lens to study the evolution of Argentine intellectuals from the leftist mobilization of the 1960s through periods of military dictatorship and then the shifting politics of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s. The book argues that the way in which the Argentine intellectual left negotiated the political and cultural transformations of the late twentieth century can be understood as the history of two political defeats: that of the revolutionary utopias of the 1960s and 1970s and that of the social democrat project in the 1980s. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book encompasses a wide range of debates taking place in Argentina, from the years prior to the dictatorship to the postdictatorship period.

The first comprehensive account of the Argentine magazine Punto de Vista Encompasses a wide range of debates taking place in Argentina from the years prior to and beyond the dictatorship Argues that the Argentine intellectual left's negotiation of the political and cultural transformations of the late twentieth century can be understood as the history of two political defeats

Autorentext

Sofía Mercader is Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Warwick, UK.

Klappentext

This book is the first comprehensive account of the Argentine magazine Punto de Vista (1978 2008), a cultural review that gathered together prominent Argentine intellectuals throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century. Directed by cultural historian and public intellectual Beatriz Sarlo, the story of the magazine serves as a lens to study the evolution of Argentine intellectuals from the leftist mobilization of the 1960s through periods of military dictatorship and then the shifting politics of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s. The book argues that the way in which the Argentine intellectual left negotiated the political and cultural transformations of the late twentieth century can be understood as the history of two political defeats: that of the revolutionary utopias of the 1960s and 1970s and that of the social democrat project in the 1980s. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book encompasses a wide range of debates taking place in Argentina, from the years prior to the dictatorship to the postdictatorship period.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Formative years.- The early dictatorship years.- The late dictatorship years.- Past, Present, and Future.- Crisis.- At the turn of the century.- Epilogue.