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Cuba and the Politics of Passion Paperback - 2000

by Damián J. Fernández

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Cuban politics has long been remarkable for its passionate intensity, and yet few scholars have explored the effect of emotions on political attitudes and action in Cuba or elsewhere. This book thus offers an important new approach by bringing feelings back into the study of politics and showing how the politics of passion and affection have interacted to shape Cuban history throughout the twentieth century.

Damin Fernndez characterizes the politics of passion as the pursuit of a moral absolute for the nation as a whole. While such a pursuit rallied the Cuban people around charismatic leaders such as Fidel Castro, Fernndez finds that it also set the stage for disaffection and disconnection when the grand goal never fully materialized. At the same time, he reveals how the politics of affection-taking care of family and friends outside the formal structures of government-has paradoxically both undermined state regimes and helped them remain in power by creating an informal survival network that provides what the state cannot or will not.

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Cuban politics has long been remarkable for its passionate intensity, and yet few scholars have explored the effect of emotions on political attitudes and action in Cuba or elsewhere. This book thus offers an important new approach by bringing feelings back into the study of politics and showing how the politics of passion and affection have interacted to shape Cuban history throughout the twentieth century.

Damian Fernandez characterize the politics of passion as the pursuit of a moral absolute for the nation as a whole. While such a pursuit rallied the Cuban people around charismatic leaders such as Fidel Castro, Fernandez finds that it also set the stage for disaffection and disconnection when the grand goal never fully materialized. At the same time, he reveals how the politics of affection -- taking care of family and friends outside the formal structures of government -- has paradoxically both undermined state regimes and helped them remain in power by creating an informal survival network that provides what the state cannot or will not.

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  • Title Cuba and the Politics of Passion
  • Author Damián J. Fernández
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas
  • Date December 15, 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780292725201
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Latin America

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  • Choice, 09/01/2001, Page 199

About the author

Damin J. Fernndez is Chair and Professor of International Relations at Florida International University.

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