Nelson Arteaga Botello 
Semantics of Violence [PDF ebook] 
Revolt and Political Assassination in Mexico

This book describes three impactful cases of political violence that broke out in Mexico in 1994, pointing to an important juncture in Mexican political development. At that point, the patrimonial order centered on the PRI and the Mexican presidency entered a momentous crisis that is still ongoing after a quarter of a century and caused the patrimonial order and the civil order to compete over Mexican public life. Such competition, in turn, unfolds at the cultural level on the terrain of three semantics of political violence that shape public debates over violence in Mexico. Ultimately, this book sheds light over the refraction of patrimonial and civil attributions across such cultural terrains.

Table of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Civil Sphere.- Chapter 3: The Mexican Civil Sphere and the Patrimonial Code.- Chapter 4: The “Rebellion of the Hanged”.- Chapter 5: The Violent Succession.- Chapter 6: Violence in the Party.- Chapter 7: Semantics of Violence.- Coda: A Map to the Recent Past.

About the author

Nelson Arteaga Botello is Professor of Sociology at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico.