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and no familiarity with the jargon of structuralism is assumed

as a failed hegemonic project

the possibility emerges of its reconstitution under a new law

the writer Juan Rulfo

Misplaced Ideas keyword-diversity and no familiarity with theHow can Latin Americans understand their past? Do ideologies which have been imported from Europe necessarily distort their view, or is that to underrate the power and objectivity of the ideas themselves? These questions are at the heart of this selection of essays, spanning twenty years of critical work on history, culture and identity, by one of the foremost Latin American intellectuals of our time. Roberto Schwarzs writings have had a profound