The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism

by Jose Carlos Mariategui

Overview

Jose Carlos Mariategui is widely considered one of Latin America's greatest Marxist theoreticians and activists and remains nearly unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays is an attempt to introduce the breadth and depth of Mariategui's thought to a new generation of English-speaking students of history, philosophy, literature, radical theory and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573924511
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/01/1996
Series:	Revolutionary Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (1894 – 1930) was a Peruvian intellectual, journalist, political philosopher, and communist. A prolific writer before his early death at age 36, he is considered one of the most influential Latin American socialists of the 20th century.

Editorial Reviews

""... this book is an important contribution to a broader diffusion of Mariátegui’s thought and the struggles he waged both theoretically and organizationally. The works selected represent a fair survey of Mariátegui’s many concerns and interests, and will offer the reader something more than a mere introduction." —Science & Society

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