"Raquel GutiErrez Aguilar provides a gripping account of the multifaceted movements in Bolivia which, between 2000 and 2005, overwhelmed the neoliberal regime and brought Evo Morales to power. She makes an exceptionally compelling case for the fruits of 'militant reflection' as research method; and her analysis leads us to think long and hard about the sharp distinction between 'social emancipation' and state-centered, productivist currents of the leftist tradition--analysis that, a decade later, has turned out to be uncannily prophetic."
--Charles R. Hale, Director, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

""Rhythms of the Pachakuti "is a well-researched, well-argued and productive text for scholars interested in understanding social movements. It gives rich accounts of the Bolivian uprisings it studies, making it a useful text for scholars of the region, and provides scholars with useful tools for thinking about the practices of these uprisings as meaning-making practices."--Laurene Deal""Social Anthropology"" (05/01/2015)

[A] detailed examination of diverse political and social movements that between 2000 and 2005 challenged the neoliberal status quo, and in the course of a bitter electoral conflict brought the Indigenous leader Evo Morales to power. The author delves deeply into the history of Peru . Highly recommended. --O. Pi-Sunyer "Choice ""

[T]his book as political memoir and social analysis offers an intriguing inside view of the kinds of issues that drove debate among a few members of the intellectual vanguard during Bolivia s most recent cycle of popular unrest. --Brooke Larson"Hispanic American Historical Review" (08/01/2015)"

"Rhythms of the Pachakuti is a well-researched, well-argued and productive text for scholars interested in understanding social movements. It gives rich accounts of the Bolivian uprisings it studies, making it a useful text for scholars of the region, and provides scholars with useful tools for thinking about the practices of these uprisings as meaning-making practices."--Lauren E. Deal"Social Anthropology" (05/01/2015)

"This wonderful book is both a detailed historical account of the 2000-2005 uprisings in Bolivia and a significant theoretical intervention into central contemporary questions about political action and revolution. In particular, Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar emphasizes the profound significance of indigenous social organization and worldviews for the contemporary political struggles in Bolivia and elsewhere."--Michael Hardt, coauthor of"Empire, Multitude, Commonwealth, and Declaration" (03/12/2014)

"Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar provides a gripping account of the multifaceted movements in Bolivia which, between 2000 and 2005, overwhelmed the neoliberal regime and brought Evo Morales to power. She makes an exceptionally compelling case for the fruits of 'militant reflection' as research method; and her analysis leads us to think long and hard about the sharp distinction between 'social emancipation' and state-centered, productivist currents of the leftist tradition--analysis that, a decade later, has turned out to be uncannily prophetic."
--Charles R. Hale, Director, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

"[A] detailed examination of diverse political and social movements that between 2000 and 2005 challenged the neoliberal status quo, and in the course of a bitter electoral conflict brought the Indigenous leader Evo Morales to power. The author delves deeply into the history of Peru.... Highly recommended."--O. Pi-Sunyer "Choice "

"[T]his book--as political memoir and social analysis--offers an intriguing inside view of the kinds of issues that drove debate among a few members of the intellectual vanguard during Bolivia's most recent cycle of popular unrest."--Brooke Larson"Hispanic American Historical Review" (08/01/2015)

"[T]his book has tremendous value for graduate students and general readers interested in following the contemporary Latin American left. The book, published originally in Spanish in 2008, also represents an excellent resource for those interested in solid Marxist theory and sociological analysis. For this reason, it will be an excellent addition to graduate courses in Latin American Revolutions and social change."--Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki"American Historical Review" (12/01/2015)