The Andes

Abstract

"This paper points out the analytical limitations of many social studies on the homogeneity of the Andean region carried out over the past thirty years. By taking “the Andes” as a totalising concept, one runs the risk of minimising the different identity anchorages that actually exist in the region. A historical analysis is needed that considers, in addition to the region’s social, economic and political processes, the articulation between nation, class and ethnicity, as well as their mutual representation in each of the different national states. "