Toward a Quixotic Pragmatism: The Case of the Zapatista Insurgence

Wagner, Valeria; Moreira, Alejandro

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“…To succeed in these tasks, Marcos's narrative, in terms of both language and content, needs to consistently critique established political systems, actors, and institutions (even those which claim to be oppositional) that perpetuate, reinforce, or originate the marginalization and oppression of the sectors of society who have no political voice or economic advantages. 63 In particular, in its resistance to the hegemony-prone tendencies of representation, his discourse aims to radicalize the idea of authority (the relation between the led and the leader) and emphasizes collective responsibility in preference to self-interest. It also seeks to reduce political representation to symbolic-mediatory status-hence "spokesperson,"a label given to Marcos by academics and journalists anxious to avoid the term "leader,"even if Marcos prefers to present himself as "translator.…”

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“…Finally, Marcos writes, "it was the bay horse's turn but the bay horse did not wait for the end of this tale and fled and went to another tale." 73 This clever story leaves the end to the imagination of the reader: we have the power to construct another tale or to rewrite the script if we so choose, so that the reality of "what is"can be altered in favor of what "could be." In this sense, any determinism implicit in the universalistic view of human nature can be mitigated by a positive spin on human potential.…”

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Beyond Modernity: Irony, Fantasy, and the Challenge to Grand Narratives in Subcomandante Marcos's Tales

Piramo

2011

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Modernity has long been under attack: eminent scholars, including Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault, have engaged in intense critiques involving the dominance of ideology, the use of language, and the role of reason in modernity. Heavily critical of vanguards and "armchair revolutionaries,"Subcomandante Marcos challenges the necessity for a grand narrative and a mighty narrator. But although he has been relatively successful in challenging the conventional approach to politics, his discourse reveals that he does not, indeed could not, completely escape the grand narrative and the individualism that, for so long, have characterized Western thought.Hace tiempo que la modernidad se encuentra bajo ataque: importantes estudiosos, entre ellos Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard y Foucault, han hecho críticas severas en torno al predominio de la ideología, el uso del lenguaje y el papel de la razón en la modernidad. Muy crítico de las vanguardias y los "revolucionarios de sillón", el Subcomandante Marcos desafía la necesidad de grandes narrativas y de un narrador poderoso. Este artículo sostiene que, a pesar de que Marcos es relativamente original en su desafío al enfoque convencional de la política, su discurso demuestra que no escapa, o que no puede escapar totalmente, a las grandes narrativas y al individualismo que durante mucho tiempo han caracterizado el pensamiento político occidental.

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Beyond Modernity: Irony, Fantasy, and the Challenge to Grand Narratives in Subcomandante Marcos's Tales

Piramo

2011

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos

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“…See Juan Pellicer (:203), who writes: ‘…the spirit of Cervantes's work will be a constant presence in the writings of Marcos…’ (trans that of Luis Correa‐Díaz (:211)). Similarly, see too, Juan Pellicer (:203ff), (2001:120–122), (2006) and (2011:169–171); Luis Correa‐Díaz () and (); Valeria Wagner and Alejandro Moreira (:200f); Kristine Vanden Berghe () and (); and Jeff Conant (:63ff, 170ff, 211–212 & 223–225).…”

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