Che Lives! - The Legacy of the Che Guevara in World Politics

This book explores the vast and ongoing legacy of Che Guevara in world politics. It is one of the first volumes to explore both historical and contemporary manifestations of Che's legacy, with an emphasis on the international dimensions of his thought and praxis.

List of contents

Introduction: Che Guevara and world politics 1. Che Lives! The Legacy of Che Guevara in World Politics 2. The Mythification of Che Guevara 3. José Carlos Mariátegui: Che's precursor 4. Guevara and Marx: critical remake of an old film 5. Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba's socialist development 6. Che's critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019) 7. Che Guevara and guerrilla warfare 8. Che' Guevara and the Peronist Guerrilla: the history of a misunderstanding? Argentina 1966-1973 9. 'We'll be like Che' Foquismo and sacrificial ethics within the Latin American revolutionary activism 10. Che Guevara and continental revolution 11. Che and Maoism 12. Che Guevara and the case for revolutionary feminism in global politics 13. Militant Organizing in Higher Education: Che's Lessons for Struggle In & Beyond the University Postscript Che in Timor Leste

About the author

Shannon Brincat is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Dr Brincat has been a Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a Research Fellow at Griffith University. He has published widely, with two co-authored books and eight edited/journal symposia alongside over fifty articles and book chapters. He is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Global Discourse and sits on the editorial board of Globalizations.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon (Griffith University Brincat
• Assisted by: Brincat Shannon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032749273
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274927-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Rethinking Globalizations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Latin America, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political leaders & leadership, Political Economy, Revolutionary groups & movements, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Colonialism and imperialism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political leaders and leadership, Marxism & Communism, Revolutionary groups and movements