Redeemers

<em>An epicintellectual history of Latin America by one of the region's most prominentthinkers</em><br /><p>Inhis first book to appear in English since <em>Mexico: Biography in Power</em> awork which the <em>Wall Street Journal </em>calls the standard history ofpostcolonial Mexico prize-winning author Enrique Krauzeilluminates the evolution of political social and philosophical discourses inLatin America. With echoes of Richard Hofstadter and Edmund Wilson Krauze explores the Latin American intellectual traditionby deftly animating its decisive figures from Octavio Paz to Che Guevara José Vasconcelos toHugo Chávez and inscribing them upon a vivid landscape of patriotism opportunism morality and avarice--and of love honor loyalty and identity. <em>Redeemers</em>delivers an unparalleled explication of the roots of ideology and action inLatin America today.