pt. I. Consensus in Argentine Society and the Rise of Peron. Ch. 1. The Crisis of the Liberal Consensus. Ch. 2. Peron and the Problem of Consensus -- pt. II. May Day and the Seventeenth of October: Political Rituals and Peron's Charisma. Ch. 3. The Origin of Two Rituals. Ch. 4. The Struggle for Symbolic Space -- pt. III. Education and Politics: The Political Socialization of Youth. Ch. 5. The Reorganization of the Educational System. Ch. 6. "Peronist" Textbooks for Primary Schools -- pt. IV. The Generation of Passive Consensus. Ch. 7. The Fundacion Eva Peron. Ch. 8. The "Peronization" of Women and Youth. Conclusion: Peronism -- Was It Totalitarian?
Summary
The regime of Juan Perón is one of the most studied topics of Argentina's contemporary history. This book-an English translation of a highly popular, critically acclaimed Spanish language edition-provides a new perspective on the intriguing Argentinian leader. Mariano Plotkin's cultural approach makes Perón's popularity understandable because it goes beyond Perón's charismatic appeal and analyzes the Perónist mechanisms used to generate political consent and mass mobilization. Mañana es San Perón is the first book to focus on the cultural and symbolic dimensions of Perónism and populism, this
