“The fear that the experiment in freedom may fail”: an Interview with John Lauritz Larson

A comparison between Bolívar and Jackson throws light on the strategies elaborated by the post-colonial leaders of the Americas to incarnate the sovereign in an innovative way. As military heroes, both Bolívar and Jackson were tempted by Caesarism which seemed to offer an opportunity to meet the new...

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Hlavní autoři: Gervais, Pierre, Habran, Augustin, Narvaez, Auréliane, Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne
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spelling cairn-RFEA_179_0116RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/journal-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2024-2-page-116?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.179.0116 “The fear that the experiment in freedom may fail”: an Interview with John Lauritz Larson Gervais, PierreHabran, AugustinNarvaez, AurélianeRossignol, Marie-Jeanne2024 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 179 | 2 | 2024-06-12 | p. 116-135 | 0397-7870 RFEA_17938 A comparison between Bolívar and Jackson throws light on the strategies elaborated by the post-colonial leaders of the Americas to incarnate the sovereign in an innovative way. As military heroes, both Bolívar and Jackson were tempted by Caesarism which seemed to offer an opportunity to meet the new political challenges in their republics. This caesarist (or caudillist?) moment led to a long-lasting myth in Latin America. However, while Jackson used his authority to build a racist republic, Bolívar managed to hold on to the universalist goal of an inclusive body politic.Cairn restricted access
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description A comparison between Bolívar and Jackson throws light on the strategies elaborated by the post-colonial leaders of the Americas to incarnate the sovereign in an innovative way. As military heroes, both Bolívar and Jackson were tempted by Caesarism which seemed to offer an opportunity to meet the new political challenges in their republics. This caesarist (or caudillist?) moment led to a long-lasting myth in Latin America. However, while Jackson used his authority to build a racist republic, Bolívar managed to hold on to the universalist goal of an inclusive body politic.
author Gervais, Pierre
Habran, Augustin
Narvaez, Auréliane
Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne
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Habran, Augustin
Narvaez, Auréliane
Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne
“The fear that the experiment in freedom may fail”: an Interview with John Lauritz Larson
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