Liberalism and Its Contradictions: Democracy and Hierarchy in Mestizaje and Genomics in Latin America
This article explores Latin American genomic studies of mestizaje and the way mestizaje’s inherent contradiction between equality and hierarchy—a contradiction typical of liberalism—is managed in genomics. In Latin America, ideologies and practices of mestizaje may be seen as an antidote to hierarch...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Latin American Research Review |
| Online Access: | https://larrlasa.org/articles/41 |