Imaginarios americanos. Civilizaciones y pluralidad en las múltiples Américas

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Abstract

This article aims to rethink the perspective of multiple modernities and civilizations analysis
championed by SN Eisenstadt from the vantage point of the Americas. Using a notion of
social imaginaries (following Cornelius Castoriadis), I argue that there is a greater diversity
of multidimensional social formations than Eisenstadt accounted for. I draw on my previous
research in civilizational analysis and historical sociology to demonstrate that there are eleven
American regional constellations and societies and not simply two Americas, as Eisenstadt 
suggests. To reach this conclusion, I point to the interconnections of societies and the
connected histories linking different regions over a very long period. The article explores
capitalism in the multiple Americas as an illustration of the argument.

Author Biography

  • Carlos Alberto Ríos Gordillo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

    Historiador titulado de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, en San Cristóbal de Las Casas; es maestro y doctor en historia por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Unidad Iztapalapa) y ha sido estudiante de la Escuelita Zapatista, organizada por el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN).

    Fue cofundador del “Centro Immanuel Wallerstein”, entonces avalado por el Profesor Wallerstein, en la Universidad de la Tierra (CIDECI-UNITIERRA) de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas.

    Se desempeñó como profesor de teoría de la historia, historia medieval e historia moderna, en la Licenciatura en Historia de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la UNACH; así como profesor de teoría de la historia e historiografía, en la Licenciatura en Historia y Sociedad Contemporánea del Plantel Cuautepec de la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM). Ha sido evaluador y dictaminador de revistas y libros de diversas editoriales en México, Estados Unidos y América Latina. 

    Actualmente, es profesor-investigador titular en el Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco, y es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) Nivel I.  

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2023-08-14

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