La crítica y sus objetos

Synopsis of La crítica y sus objetos

«La crítica y sus objetos» is an essay on intellectual history by Rafael Polo Bonilla, published by FLACSO Sede Ecuador (287 pages, in Spanish).

The book studies the intellectual history of criticism in Ecuador from 1960 to 1990: how critical thought entered the debates of the social sciences and the construction of modernity and national identity. It also analyzes mestizaje and the representations of the Ecuadorian in the literature and criticism of the period.

First edition in 2012. Subjects: literary history and criticism, mestizaje in literature, intellectual life, and Ecuadorian national characteristics.

For researchers and readers interested in the intellectual history, literary criticism, and Ecuadorian social thought of the twentieth century.