Includes bibliographical references (pages [113]-119) and index.
Ruptures, memory, and discontinuities (homage to Walter Benjamin) -- A border citation : between neo- and post-avant-garde -- Destruction, reconstruction, and deconstruction -- The social sciences : front lines and points of retreat -- Staging democracy and the politics of difference -- Conversation : Germán Bravo, Martín Hopenhayn, Nelly Richard, and Adriana Valdés