"A fascinating book . . . Bartra's argument is concise and elegant in form, one that rearticulates ideas in a persuasive inquiry. His point of view is, certainly, that of an intellectual from the Third World refreshing and appealing." Julio Ortega, Brown University "An uncommonly imaginative set of essays on the mediations especially the imaginary symbols and deflections that breathe life and legitimacy into contemporary systems of political domination."...