Cultural Agents Reloaded Paperback by Carlo Tognato

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (2018-06-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 646 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674088559
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Cultural Agents Reloaded: The Legacy of Antanas Mockus systematically reflects on the practices and legacy of one exceptional cultural agent, Antanas Mockus, twice Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. His accomplishments bear witness to the potential of creative, symbolic practices as a trigger for social change. His failures, in turn, demonstrate what happens when cultural agency and epistemic legitimacy take divergent paths. Mockus’s example motivates us to further revise and sharpen our understanding of what cultural agency is in the present day by bringing into focus some of the most formidable challenges that public humanities face when they travel South and struggle to become genuinely global.

About the Author

Carlo Tognato is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.