Harbinger of Modernity: Marcos Aguinis and the Democratization of Argentina provides an integrated analysis of Aguinis's civic work and literary oeuvre, illuminating the intersection between the role of Jews and public intellectuals in a dialectic...
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Harbinger of Modernity: Marcos Aguinis and the Democratization of Argentina provides an integrated analysis of Aguinis's civic work and literary oeuvre, illuminating the intersection between the role of Jews and public intellectuals in a dialectic and transnational process of modernization Introduction -- The historical and literary context of the Argentine public intellectual -- Aguinis and Alfonsin: public intellectuals and the Argentine government -- Aguinis and the essay: the Argentine Erasmus? -- Dialogue: leading by example -- Jews and the novel: Aguinis's means to an end -- Conclusion.