Mike Gonzalez

In the Red Corner (eBook, ePUB)

The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930) is widely recognized across Latin America as one of the most important and innovative Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet his life and work are largely unknown to the English-speaking world. In this gripping political biography-the first written in English-Mike Gonzalez introduces readers to the inspiring life and thought of the Peruvian socialist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781608469161
• Artikelnr.: 60055742

Autorenporträt

Mike Gonzalez is Emeritus Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the co-editor of Arms and the People (Pluto, 2012) and author of Hugo Chavez: Socialist for the Twenty-first Century (Pluto, 2014)

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the resurrection of a Marxist
2. Peru caught between colonialism and modernity
3. Learning his trade: Mariátegui’s “stone age”
4. 1919: the year of change
5. The discovery of Marxism: Mariátegui in Europe
6. World crisis and the interpretation of Peruvian reality
7. Seven Essays, a Marxist interpretation
8. The agony of Mariátegui
9. Mariátegui’s gift
10. Bibliography (and resume of Mariátegui’s works)