One Earth, Four or Five Worlds

Reflections on Contemporary History

By:

Octavio Paz

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Written with a poet's sensibility and a diplomat's sense of history, these essays view a contemporary world poised betwen the upheaval of the 1960s and the uncertainties of the 1980s with vision, freshness, and depth. Whether focusing on the prosperity without grandeur of contemporary Europe, the inconsistencies of American "imperial democracy," the "paralyzed mammoth" of the Soviet totalitarian empire, or the ominous lesson of Iran and the pains and dangers of modernization, Paz's views of a dividing yet increasingly interdependent world are as clear as they are original. His closing plea for a Latin American style of democracy rooted in native traditions as an alternative to solutions tainted by violence provides an eloquent coda to this sensitive and visionary collection of essays.

Release date Australia

August 25th, 1986

Author

Octavio Paz

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Harcourt Trade Publishers

Pages

213

Publisher

Harcourt Trade Publishers

ISBN-13

9780156687461

Product ID

27173156

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