De tre civilisationernas kontinent - En studie om Sydamerikas civilisationer i en globaliserad värld
Year: 2007
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this thesis I analyse civilizations in South America. I construct civilizational narratives through the method of emplotment, to build a historic continuity, which I subsequently connect to the theoretical framework. The theory emphasise that, when confronted with globalization and free market capitalism, civilizations embark on different strategies to challenge the power of transnational market forces. I find that South America is a polarised continent, and is diverging concerning the relationship towards the USA and free trade agreements. On the same time the issues that concern the social movements are not being reproduced in a significant matter at state level. Colonialism has had a profound impact in shaping the historical and political processes. It imposed western civilisation as hegemonic, while the Andean and the African civilizations where silenced through slavery, exploitation and exclusion. The White elite has looked down on the population, together with the colonial legacy, this has maintained the old power structures. The current political situation has seen the rise of leftist presidents, with different civilizational perspectives, that stresses the importance to change this South American reality, which leads us to where the continent comes apart.
Author: John H.S. Åberg
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W339579503