La experiencia mexicana de Charles Wright Mills
In early 1960, the U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills visited Mexico to give a seminar at the unam. There he met a group of intellectuals who, like him, were interested in the reconstruction of the left. Their enthusiastic solidarity with the Cuban Revolution ended up having a major effect on Mills. I...
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El Colegio de México, A.C.
2020
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Historia Mexicana |
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| description | In early 1960, the U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills visited Mexico to give a seminar at the unam. There he met a group of intellectuals who, like him, were interested in the reconstruction of the left. Their enthusiastic solidarity with the Cuban Revolution ended up having a major effect on Mills. It argues that his discussions with Carlos Fuentes, Enrique González Pedrero, Víctor Flores Olea, Jaime García Terrés and Pablo González Casanova, among others, led him to travel to Cuba in order to understand that country’s revolutionary process, which was the subject of a major debate in the international left. His visit to the island would result in his famous book Listen, Yankee, which would become a best-seller in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold in a matter of weeks. A few months later, the Fondo de Cultura Económica published the book in Spanish. Escucha, Yanqui would be the top-selling book of 1961 and became required reading for the Latin American New Left. By studying the correspondence between Mills, Carlos Fuentes and Arnaldo Orfila Reynal, this article reconstructs the gestation process for this book, which would be the most concrete result of the encounter between Mills and his Mexican friends. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article-40562023-09-30T04:41:11Z The Mexican Experience of Charles Wright Mills La experiencia mexicana de Charles Wright Mills Servín, Elisa Mexico Latin American left intellectuals Cuban Revolution 20th Century Cold War México izquierda latinoamericana intelectuales revolución cubana siglo XX Guerra Fría In early 1960, the U.S. sociologist C. Wright Mills visited Mexico to give a seminar at the unam. There he met a group of intellectuals who, like him, were interested in the reconstruction of the left. Their enthusiastic solidarity with the Cuban Revolution ended up having a major effect on Mills. It argues that his discussions with Carlos Fuentes, Enrique González Pedrero, Víctor Flores Olea, Jaime García Terrés and Pablo González Casanova, among others, led him to travel to Cuba in order to understand that country’s revolutionary process, which was the subject of a major debate in the international left. His visit to the island would result in his famous book Listen, Yankee, which would become a best-seller in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold in a matter of weeks. A few months later, the Fondo de Cultura Económica published the book in Spanish. Escucha, Yanqui would be the top-selling book of 1961 and became required reading for the Latin American New Left. By studying the correspondence between Mills, Carlos Fuentes and Arnaldo Orfila Reynal, this article reconstructs the gestation process for this book, which would be the most concrete result of the encounter between Mills and his Mexican friends. A principios de 1960 el sociólogo estadounidense C. Wright Mills visitó México para impartir un seminario en la UNAM. Ahí conoció a un grupo de intelectuales quienes como él estaban interesados en la construcción de una nueva izquierda en un contexto de entusiasmo y solidaridad con la revolución cubana que resultó ser determinante para Mills. El artículo argumenta que fueron las discusiones con Carlos Fuentes, Enrique González Pedrero, Víctor Flores Olea, Jaime García Terrés y Pablo González Casanova, entre otros, las que lo incitaron a viajar a Cuba para conocer de cerca el proceso revolucionario que era objeto del debate entre la izquierda internacional. El resultado de su visita a la isla sería el famoso libro Listen, Yankee, que muy pronto se convirtió en un best-seller en Estados Unidos, con una venta en semanas de cientos de miles de ejemplares. Pocos meses después el Fondo de Cultura Económica publicó el libro en español. Escucha, Yanqui sería el libro más vendido en 1961 y lectura obligada de la nueva izquierda latinoamericana. El artículo reconstruye, a través de las cartas entre Mills, Carlos Fuentes y Arnaldo Orfila Reynal, el proceso de edición de este libro que habría de ser el resultado más concreto del encuentro de Mills con sus amigos mexicanos. El Colegio de México, A.C. 2020-04-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4056 10.24201/hm.v69i4.4056 Historia Mexicana; Vol. 69, Núm. 4 (276) abril-junio 2020; 1729-1772 2448-6531 0185-0172 spa https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4056/4035 https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4056/4209 Derechos de autor 2020 Historia Mexicana |
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