Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes

This book explores how Evo Morales’s victory in the 2005 Bolivian presidential elections led to indigeneity as the core of decolonization politics. Burman analyzes how indigenous Aymara ritual specialists are essential in representing this indigeneity in official state ceremony and in legitimizing the president as "the indigenous president."

Anders Burman is professor of Intellectual history at Södertörn University. One of his main areas of research is the tradition of Hegelian Marxism. He has written, edited or co-edited almost thirty books, among them the monograph Flykten från Hegel ("The Flight from Hegel") and the anthologies Att läsa Hegel ("To Read Hegel") and Tysk idealism ("German Idealism").

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Los aymaras Chapter 2: Colonialism and Decolonization: Experience and Narrative Part I: The Illness (Ay. Usu) Chapter 3: Strange Patria Chapter 4: Strange Being Chapter 5: Strange World Part II: The Cure (Ay. Qulla) Chapter 6: Native Being Chapter 7: Native World Chapter 8: Native Patria Conclusions Word list Bibliography About the Author