Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism - Selected Essays of Jose Carlos Mariategui

Zusatztext "... 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 Informationen zum Autor By Jose Carlos Mariategui Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Jose Carlos Mariategui (1894-1930) is considered one of Latin America's greatest Marxist theoreticians and activists yet remains nearly unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays is an attempt to introduce the depth of his thought to English-speaking students of history! philosophy! literature and radical theory and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Carlos Mariategui, Mariategui Jose Carlos
• Assisted by: Paul Le Blanc (Editor), Michael Pearlman (Editor)
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1996
• EAN: 9781573924511
• ISBN: 978-1-57392-451-1
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Revolutionary Studies (Paperba; Revolutionary Studies; Revolutionary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies