The moral force of indigenous politics

"Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zapatista uprising, and from Chiapas to Geneva, Courtney Jung locates indigenous identity in the history of Mexican state formation. She argues that the formation of indigenous identity is a political achievement, not an accident of birth. Using this account of the emergence of indigenous identity, Jung argues that the moral force of indigenous claims rest not on the existence of cultural differences, or identity, but on the history of exclusion and selective inclusion that has constituted the indigenous as a political group. This book will appeal to scholars and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology and anthropology studying multiculturalism and politics and culture." -- Publisher's information.