Resumen

VAZQUEZ MANTECON, Verónica. Lázaro Cárdenas en la memoria colectiva. Polít. cult. [online]. 2009, n.31, pp.183-209. ISSN 0188-7742.

This work is an effort to build the collective memory of president Cárdenas through the social speech of different actors. The main hypothesis points out that there is a myth in relation to him which has to do with an heroic image. It is about a human being with superhuman traits. The image is analyzed on the bases of a political and symbolic referent. It is a political myth, which contributed to consolidate the nation state and the mexican political system. Two perspectives can be derived from this analysis: one which deals with the politician with a long range view. The other has to do with the man who always was trying to improve the levels of social justice and the aspirations of the poorest. Different values are associated with the memory of Cárdenas: paternalism, assistentialism, social justice and nation sovereignty.

Palabras llave : myth; collective memory; sovereignity; symbolism; cardenism ideology.