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<p>Why is it that Japan, with few natural resources, has become one of the world's leading economies but not Latin America, which is so rich in natural resources? This anthropological essay questions the Euro-centric notion of modernity and modernization and argues that Latin America has to find its own form of modernity, one which accepts and reflects its owntraditions. As long as a Western Model is grafted on to Latin American societies, modernization is bound to fail. After examining the history and peculiarities of these societies and their cultures, from the pre-Colombian era to the present, the author develops what could become the framework for a future, indigenous model.</p> <p>Preconiza la necesidad de tomar en cuenta las culturas tradicionales ante las necesidades de la modernizaciâon, especialmente en el orden de lo cientâifico-tecnolâogico--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.</p>

Author

Constantin Von Barloewen

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781571810120

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Science