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Author Mariátegui, José Carlos, 1894-1930.

Title José Carlos Mariátegui : an anthology / edited and translated by Harry E. Vanden and Marc Becker
Published New York : Monthly Review Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (480 pages)
Contents pt. 1. On studying the Peruvian and Indo-American reality -- pt. 2. Peru and indigenismo -- pt. 3. Marxism and socialism -- pt. 4. Imperialism -- pt. 5. Politics, organization, peasants, workers, and race -- pt. 6. Women -- pt. 7. Myth and the optimism of the ideal -- pt. 8. Aesthetics -- pt. 9. Latin America
Summary José Carlos Mariátegui is one of Latin America's most profound but overlooked thinkers. A self-taught journalist, social scientist, and activist from Peru, he was the first to emphasize that those fighting for the revolutionary transformation of society must adapt classical Marxist theory to the particular conditions of Latin American. He also stressed that indigenous peoples must take an active, if not leading, role in any revolutionary struggle. Today Latin America is the scene of great social upheaval. More progressive governments are in power than ever before, and grassroots movements of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Communism -- Latin America
Nationalism and communism -- Latin America
Indians of South America -- Government relations
Communism -- Peru
Nationalism and communism -- Peru
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Government relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
Communism
Indians of South America -- Government relations
Nationalism and communism
Latin America
Peru
Form Electronic book
Author Vanden, Harry E
Becker, Marc (Professor of history)
ISBN 9781583672754
1583672753
Other Titles Works. Selections. English. 2011