Marc Becker, Mariátegui and Latin American Marxist Theory, Latin American Series, No. 20, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Monographs in International Studies, 1993.
Description
José Carlos Mariátegui, the Peruvian political theorist of the 1920s, was instrumental in developing an indigenous Latin American revolutionary Marxist theory. He rejected a rigid, orthodox interpretation of Marxism and applied his own creative elements, which he believed could move a society to revolutionary action without the society having to depend upon more traditional economic factors. His interpretation of Peruvian history had a profound effect upon subsequent social movements throughout Latin America.
This volume reviews the essential elements of Mariátegui's thought and important influences on his intellectual development. It demonstrates the role he played in defining a Latin American identity, the nature of his intellectual contribution to the development of indigenous revolutionary movements in Latin America, and the influence he had on successful revolutionary movements in Cuba and Nicaragua. An understanding of Mariátegui's thought is fundamental to understanding the nature of revolutionary changes in Latin America.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Marxism and the Communist International in Latin America
Chapter 2: José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930)
Chapter 3: Cuba
Chapter 4: Nicaragua
Chapter 5: The Legacy of Mariátegui
Notes
Bibliography
You can download a pdf (11mb) of the book, or purchase this book from Ohio University Press, the AAUP Online Catalog, or at Amazon.com. Visit the José Carlos Mariátegui home page!
Also see José Carlos Mariátegui: An Anthology, edited and translated by Harry Vanden and Marc Becker (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011).