In the Red Corner
The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui
Published on 23. July 2019
200 pages
978-1-60846-916-1 (ISBN)
Description
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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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)
Content
- Introduction: the resurrection of a Marxist
- Peru caught between colonialism and modernity
- Learning his trade: Mariátegui's "stone age"
- 1919: the year of change
- The discovery of Marxism: Mariátegui in Europe
- World crisis and the interpretation of Peruvian reality
- Seven Essays, a Marxist interpretation
- The agony of Mariátegui
- Mariátegui's gift
- Bibliography (and resume of Mariátegui's works)
