Rethinking Mexican Modernity: Nation-State Formation, Politics, and the Longue Durée

Abstract

Toward a Meta-archeology of Modern Mexico: New Approaches to the Longue DuréeFrom the late colonial period to the present, Mexican intellectuals have widely debated the meanings of Mexican modernity. Is it a national aspiration, a historical transformation, or an analytical category? In the past two years alone, the Latin American Research Review has published four review essays on modern Mexico. This one joins those attempts to elucidate the concept. Despite their varied approaches