Historia de Chile Contemporaneo

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course expects students to critically analyze the main political, social, economic, and cultural processes and events of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century in Chile. At the same time, students should understand this historical period as a field subject to different historiographical constructions that problematize its interpretation. Although the course will begin with the turn of the century¿analyzing the breakdown of parliamentarianism and the ¿social question¿¿and continue with the most important events and issues of the first half of the century, the course will place particular emphasis on the major political and social transformations that occurred in the country beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the transition to democracy. The course will address the political projects for structural change that emerged during this period, the increasing politicization and polarization of society, as well as the formation and role of new social and political actors. It will then analyze the coup d¿état as a profound rupture in national life and the military dictatorship as a political-economic and socio-cultural refoundation imposed through the violation of the human rights of thousands of Chileans. The course concludes with the transition to democracy and the issues associated with the legacy of the dictatorship.