Elites and popular classes in contemporary Peru: Another look at the relations between state and society

• Autor: Gonzales Alvarado, Osmar
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1994
• Institución: Universidad Católica San Pablo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Católica San Pablo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ucsp.edu.pe:article/737
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ucsp.edu.pe/index.php/Allpanchis/article/view/737
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Perú contemporáneo; grupos populares

There are concerns that at certain times take on special relevance. They emerge in social life becoming inescapable points of intellectual reflection. They abandon their previous state of opacity to acquire an unusual brightness, leaving in the dark an unusual brightness, leaving in the dark those other concerns that had previously taken their place. The problem with this unexpected luminosity is that it can blind the analyst's eyes, leading him to avoid other issues of equal importance. Excessive focus on a subject can become fashionable: ephemeral, volatile. The most advisable thing is to take a healthy distance and try to see reality in the most complex way possible. It is difficult, but it is better to be aware of the challenge than to ignore it.