Turn of the Screw: Political and epistemic insurgency of social movements in Bolivia

Authors

  • Yuri Tórrez Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede EcuadorUniversidad Católica Boliviana

Keywords:

Social movements, collective action, hegemonic, epistemic

Abstract

The article aims to provide a reflection about the resurgence of collective action in the form of (new) social movements in Bolivia, an action that marks more than a contestary response to the hegemonic models, in bogue. These movements not only are revealing themselves as political-ideological subjects with the capacity of generating alternative proposals to the hegemonic models, but also with an epistemic capacity to question the basic suppositions the hegemonic order.

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Author Biography

Yuri Tórrez, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede EcuadorUniversidad Católica Boliviana

Sociólogo y comunicador boliviano con Maestría en Ciencias Políticas y candidato a Doctor en “Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador. Miembro del Programa de Investigación Estratégica de Bolivia (PIEB) y docente en la Universidad Católica Boliviana.

How to Cite

Tórrez, Y. (2016). Turn of the Screw: Political and epistemic insurgency of social movements in Bolivia. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (7), 93–107. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/132