Nationalism: critiques and perspectives on the emergence of Latin American nations.

Abstract

This article reviews the book Nación y estado en Iberoamérica: el lenguaje político en tiempo de independencias written by José Carlos Chiaramonte, published in 2004, to understand a critical perspective on how the meanings of political concepts and social structures, such as 'State' and 'nation', have been constructed and understood in different ways, depending on the historical context in which they are presented. In addition to understanding that many nationalist and patriotic discourses can fall into biased reflections due to misusing these voices and their meanings.