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Assignment:

Questions for Chapter "The Polis Politicized"

1. Rama says that for the letrados the period of modernization brought a "more rigid division of intellectual labor" and "a process of more precise differentiation" ..., briefly explain.

2. In Latin America, "the growing economic and social importance of the national state generated sharp internal debates within each country of the region", what variety of political ideologies were included in the debates?

3. With the decline of religious belief under the withering onslaught of science, what role did the "literatos" take on?

4. Peasants, indigenous people, and economically marginalized urban dwellers tended to identify with the traditional Catholic clergy as their authentic defender and spiritual guide, why?

5. What other "central role" did Latin American ideologues of the period have? How were they trying to achieve this?

6. How did the group of "letrados" that adhered to the apex of power and endorsed the reigning political order ward off the attacks from the intellectuals in the opposition?

7. With the dissemination of literacy in Latin America, where were modern "letrados" being recruited from?

8. The timid advances of democracy were often accompanied by the strengthening of certain authoritarian tendencies, the circle of political power gradually widened beyond to include who? How did this change things for the "excluded" sectors of Latin American societies?