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An 11 page book review that examines Guillermo Batalla's text Mexico Profundo, which begins with his argument that there are actually two distinct civilizations vying for dominance in Mexico: Mesoamerican and Western (Batalla (xv). The writer offers a comprehensive summary of the book, Batalla's arguments and his vision for Mexico's future. No additional sources cited.
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(Batalla (xv). By Mesoamerican civilization, Batalla is referring to "Indian" culture, as it continues to exist among specific indigenous people and also the ways in which this culture is expressed
within "larger sectors of the national society," which collectively Batalla refers to as "Mexico profundo," that is, the combined culture. Western civilization, of course, refers to the European-descended society that
was imposed upon Mexico five hundred years ago through conquest. Contrary to popular belief among European-descended society, the Mesoamerican culture has never been fully vanquished, has never completely disappeared
from the societal landscape. The story of Mexican culture over the last five hundred years has, therefore, been one of "permanent confrontation" between those authorities in power who would have
the country follow the path of Western civilization and those people who remain rooted in the Mesoamerican way of life who have resisted this direction (Batalla xv). Basically, Batallas
vision of "Mexico profundo," is one that incorporates all aspects of Mexico, that is, "all the patrimony that we Mexicans have inherited," which can be incorporated and used as active
capital (Batalla xvii). This vision includes Western knowledge, but also "the rich gamut of knowledge that is the product of millenarian experience," that is, the richness of the Mesoamerican
heritage (Batalla xvii). The author offers the challenge of finding ways to unify the country, but also insists that this has yet to be accomplished. At the present moment, Batalla
sees Mexico as consisting of "two different civilizations that have never fused" even though they are interdependent (Batalla xviii-xix). A term that Batalla uses frequently is "imaginary Mexico," by
which he means the dominant vision formulated by European-descended society, which he feels does not represent reality as experienced by the Mesoamerican sector of Mexican society (Batalla xvi). He pictures
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