It mounted attacks against the infrastructure in lima, killing civilians in the process. This essay compares the two movies of the shining by stanley kubrick and stephen king. Shining pathsendero luminoso shining path, a peruvian insurgent movement following a radical maoist ideology, began its selfproclaimed peoples war in may 1980, on the eve of perus first presidential elections in seventeen years. Gorriti reminds us of the forceful impact of serious investigative reporting and the risk journalists face to reveal the truth. Confronting and untangling the many myths and enigmas that surround the war and the wider history of twentiethcentury peru, this book presents clear and often poignant analyses of the brutal. First published in spanish in 1990, gustavo gorritis classic account of the sendero luminoso retains all its immediacy and explanatory power in this fine translation by robin kirk. The duo read old documents, interviewed antiterrorism police officials and managed to score a series of jailhouse meetings with elena iparraguirre, shining paths secondincommand. See more ideas about lighthouse, lighthouse pictures and beacon of light. The topics range from historical perspectives of the group to speculations about its future. This book endures not just as the essential history of the origins of shining pathuncompromising, literary, impeccably sourcedbut as an act of moral courage. In 2003 a government commission blamed the sendero luminoso as the group is known in spanish for 54% of the violent deaths caused by the civil war. As such, i ddint expect this to be a pleasant read, but an educational one. They would replace these with a communist peasantrevolutionary system based on anarchy. The book definitely provides a good overall outline of the key players including the leaders of shining path, the army unit that eventually found them, key journalists including mario vargas.
A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas opening attack in 1980 and president fernando belaundes reluctant decision to send in the military to contain the growing rebellion in late 1982. Shining path, spanish sendero luminoso, peruvian revolutionary organization that endorsed maoism and employed guerrilla tactics and violent terrorism the shining path was founded in 1970 in a multiple split in the communist party of peru. List of books and articles about shining path sendero. The body and soul of shining path is represented in abimael, where the portrayal of a strong and charismatic figure was critical in the development of a highly. An anatomy of a revolution, this book takes the reader into the lives of those who led, followed, and eventually defeated the maoist movement, the shining path, in peru. The group was substantially reduced in size and capability. The shining path sendero luminoso is a terrorist organization in peru that began a series of guerilla attacks in 1980 and has since continued its barrage on the governmental regime in power stern, 1998. Written by two scholars with decades of experience in peru starn, an anthropologist.
The book definitely provides a good overall outline of the key players including the leaders of shining path, the army unit that eventually found them, key journalists including mario vargas llosa, and national presidential figures. The shining path is the fascinating account of how one man and two women forged a union to create one of the modern worlds most extreme insurgencies. Narcotrafficking, the shining path, and the strategic. It took its name from the maxim of the founder of peru s first communist party, jose carlos mariategui. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Peruvian shining path 651 1979 the central committee of the peruvian communist partyshining path decides to prepare for armed struggle. Stanley kubrick and diane johnson took the book as the basis for the screenplay to kubricks the shining 1980.
Death in the andes is a gripping pageturner that brings the readers back to the times of the shining path, the cruel maoist guerrilla group that reigned in the peruvian sierra since the. The most active and violent period of the insurgency lasted from 19801995. Described by a us state department cable as coldblooded and bestial, shining path orchestrated bombings, assassinations, and massacres across the cities, countryside, and jungles of peru in a murderous campaign to seize power and impose a communist. A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas opening attack in 1980 and president fernando belaundes reluctant decision to send in the military to contain the.
In 1983, it sabotaged several electrical transmission towers, causing a citywide blackout, and set fire and destroyed the bayer industrial plant. The lone man arrested the next morning later swore allegiance to a group called shining path. The shining path, or sendero luminoso in spanish, is a guerrilla rebel organization in peru. A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas opening attack in 1980 and president fernando belaundes reluctant decision. Shining path first published in peru in 1990, the shining path was immediately hailed as one of the finest works on the insurgency that plagued that nation for over fifteen years.
The origins, dynamics, and legacies of war, 19801995 introduction beyond enigma. That same year, it set off a powerful bomb in the offices of the governing party, popular action. Founded in 1970 by abimael guzman reynoso as an orthodox marxistleninist offshoot of the peruvian communist party, the shining path turned to terrorism in 1980. This marked the beginning of the shining path insurgency which was to last for more than a decade, cause 70,000 deaths and leave the countrys economy in ruins. Although the shining path has carried out attacks in recent years, it has been on a much smaller scale. Using archival research and oral interviews, before the shining path is the first longterm historical examination of the shining paths political, economic, and social antecedents in ayacucho, the department where the shining path initiated its war. The group launched an armed struggle against the peruvian government in may 1980 that has cost an estimated 69,000 lives. A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas opening attack in 1980 and president fernando belaundes reluctant decision to send. At a recent lecture, charles walker, a history professor working on a book about the shining path, showed images of peasants indoctrinated by each side. Striving to establish a perfect, communist state, the shining path imposed its ruthless rule on the rural area it seized, killing villagers suspected of siding with the government.
A bid by some former shining path guerrillas to form a political party stirred emotions and reopened a bitter national debate on the war and how to move on. Jose miguel vivanco, executive director, americas division, human rights watch. The shining path offers an insightful and painstakingly detailed account of one of the most infamous guerrilla groups in latin american history. The shining path is a terrorist organization founded by university professor abimael guzman in the remote andean highlands of ayacucho during the 1960s and 1970s. The shining path was a terrorist group in the peruvian andes in the 1980s. Through following the marxist shining path to revolution their aim was to overthrow the bourgeois government and its institutions police, army, courts. The technique, minus some literary high jinks, is reminiscent of conversation in the cathedral, the best novel of one of the blundering villains of their storymario vargas llosa. Shining and other paths offers the first systematic account of the social experiences at the heart of the war waged between shining path and the peruvian military during the 1980s and early 1990s. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In his novels, he comments on the difficult peruvian reality, complicated history and the countrys quirks. The shining path and the ripple effects of violence. A history of the millenarian war in peru by gustavo gorriti isbn 0807846767 is probably the best source of information on the shining paths early years at war 1980 to 1983 or so.
Gorriti laid bare the brutal philosophy of the senderos mysterious leader, abimael guzman, who tried to implement maos cultural revolution to propel peru into chaos. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Sciencexmedia at global development 3,909 views 57. Philip bennett, national news deputy editor, washington post with its vivid characters and tales of intrigue and violence, the shining path reads like a noir thriller. The first man of the peruvian literature, mario vargas llosa wrote dozens of stories set in peru. Shining path launched the internal conflict in peru with other peruvian communists against the government turned to terrorism.
The social history of the 1960s and 1970s is background for the emergence of the disturbing shining path sendero luminoso sl movement. The shining path was founded in 1970 in a multiple split in the communist party of peru. Reckoning with the shining path and its legacy in peru. The shining path s attacks were not limited to the countryside. An agenda for interpreting shining path and peru, 19801995. First published in peru in 1990, the shining path was immediately hailed as one of the finest works on the insurgency that plagued that nation for over fifteen years. Palmers the shining path of peru, which is actually a collection of essays by noted latin american scholars, offers perhaps the most comprehensive study of the shining path that ive read. The shining path university of north carolina press. See the latest news for the shining path shining path was founded in 1970 by abimael guzman comrade gonzalo, a philosophy teacher inspired by the writings of peruvian marxist, jose carlos mariategui. By the mid1980s it had several thousand guerrillas, largely in rural central and s peru. Sendero luminoso, peruvian communist guerrilla force, officially the communist party of peru. Both films are directly taken from the novel the shining written by stephen king in 1977.
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