Mexico's long revolutions
- Autores: Petri Minkkinen
- Localización: Historia Actual Online, ISSN-e 1696-2060, Nº. 25 (Primavera), 2011, págs. 165-182
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Mexico celebrated in 2010 the Bicentenary of the beginning of its struggles of independence and the Centenary of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. What is not celebrated officially is the contemporary revolutionary process though some of its phases have included enthusiasm for the part of different social actors. In this article I offer you a historical analysis of these revolutionary processes as Mexico�s three long revolutions. Besides that I will explain them within the broader historical context of the transition from the broad Eurocentric historical context towards a non-Eurocentric broad historical context, which can also be understood as the First Real World Revolution (FRWR). I begin by explaining this broad historical context. I continue with the analysis of the independence process from 1810 as well as the Mexican Revolution from 1910. I proceed with the explanation of the third long Mexican revolution, for which I have selected 1988 and its presidential elections as a year of beginning. Other possible years of beginning could be the repression of the student movement in 1968 or the rebellion of the Neozapatists from 1994. By means of concluding it is analysed how Mexico�s long revolutions are connected to the transitions in the sphere of the broad historical context.
