Abstract

RUIZ RIOS, Rogelio E.. Utopia, messianism and millenarism in Tomóchic and Canudos. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.172, pp.119-139.  Epub Aug 11, 2023. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v43i172.977.

In this paper, I propose a historiographical review of some approaches and perspectives on the events that took place in Tomóchic, Chihuahua (Mexico), and Canudos, Bahia (Brazil), at the end of the 19th century. These are two historical events in which government forces massacred these communities based on religious reasons and social nonconformities. Through various writings and studies on the subject, the following discussions have revolved around their utopian, messianic, and millenarian traits. On the ground of a comparative historiographic point of view, I display some elements of these discussions looking to analyze and reflect on them from certain concepts and positions, in relation to contemporary concerns about memory and social relations with time and temporalities, as well as to focus on the conflicts from the political ontologies.

Keywords : Tomóchic; Canudos; millenarism; messianisms; rebellion.

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