HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Washington Consensus, Víctor Jara, Blood Transfusion
20 Nov 2017
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Thesis is usually the last sentence in the introduction. Victor jara: singer/director, allende supporter, arrested in 1973, estadio chile, impromptu concert, de-fingering, russian roulette, body dumped. He played his folk songs to give his fellow victims courage. The goal of state terrorism was to crush the spirit of the individual and any support for leftist reform. He was killed and at the city morgue, he was recovered and recognized and allowed his british wife to claim the body and for him to buried. Context: the non-western world in transition (1960-1980: modernization: this generic concept refers to the transformation of traditional societies to a "modern" form, i. e. urban-industrial society. Most of these states after acquiring independence, wanted to modernize and have a higher standard of living which they associated with industrialization and following the european path to modernity. To what extent was the moder society desirable, or was it strictly western.
