Title How difficult it is to be God : Shining Path's politics of war in Peru, 1980-1999 / Carlos Iván Degregori ; edited and with an introduction by Steve J. Stern ; translated by Nancy Appelbaum [and others]

Published Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 250 pages) : maps Series Critical human rights Critical human rights. Contents Introduction : Beyond orientalism in twentieth-century Peru : Carlos Iván Degregori and the Shining Path war / Steve J. Stern -- The years we lived in danger : the armed conflict, 1980-1999 -- How social sciences failed? : On the trail of Shining Path, an elusive object of study -- The maturation of a cosmocrat and the construction of a community of discourse -- Revolution by handbook : the expansion of Marxism-Leninism in the social sciences and the origins of Shining Path -- Youth, peasants, and political violence : Ayacucho, 1980-1983 -- Harvesting storms : peasant rondas and the defeat of Shining Path in Ayacucho -- How difficult it is to be God : ideology and political violence in Shining Path -- Epilogue : Open wounds and elusive rights : reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Summary The revolutionary war launched by Shining Path, a Maoist insurgency, was the most violent upheaval in modern Peru's history, claiming some 70,000 lives in the 1980s and 1990s and drawing widespread international attention. Yet for many observers, Shining Path's initial successes were a mystery. What explained its cult-like appeal, and what actually happened inside the Andean communities at war? In this book, the author - a leading expert on Shining Path and the intellectual architect for Peru's highly regarded Truth and Reconciliation Commission - elucidates the movement's dynamics. An anthropologist who witnessed Shining Path's recruitment of militants in the 1970s, the author grounds his findings in deep research and fieldwork. He explains not only the ideology and culture of revolution among the insurgents, but also their capacity to extend their influence to university youths, indigenous communities, and competing social and political movements. Making this book available to English-language readers for the first time, this translation includes an introduction by the editor, historian Steve J. Stern, who analyzes the author's achievement, why it matters, and the debates it sparked. For anyone interested in Peru and Latin America's age of "dirty war," or in the comparative study of revolutions, Maoism, and human rights, this book will provide arresting insights. -- Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group) SUBJECT Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group) fast Partido Comunista del Perú - Sendero Luminoso gnd Subject Violence -- Peru -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Peru HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Politics and government Political violence Violence SUBJECT Peru -- Politics and government -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004876 Subject Peru Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Stern, Steve J., 1951- Appelbaum, Nancy P. ISBN 9780299289232 0299289230

Other Titles Qué difícil es ser Dios. English

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