Martina Handler • Retelling the Nicaraguan Revolution as a Dionysian Ritual

Martina Handler • Retelling the Nicaraguan Revolution as a Dionysian Ritual

About the Rise and Fall of a Partnership Society
Uncountable books have been written on the Nicaraguan revolution in 1979, due to the fascination connected with the idea of revolution in general and with its realization in Nicaragua in particular. This book retells the story of the Nicaraguan revolution with the words of women, aiming to show how a high level of transformative energy was accumulated in the Nicaraguan society over time, based on a common utopian vision of a better future for all. The energetic upheaval can be analyzed as a Dionysian ritual. However, the book also follows up on the Apollonian aftermath of the revolution.

LIT Verlag, Die Kommende Demokratie - Band 3, Paperback, english, 139 pages