Mariátegui and Latin American Marxist Theory: Volume 20

by Marc Becker

Jos Carlos Mari tegui, the Peruvian political theorist of the 1920s, was instrumental in developing an indigenous Latin American revolutionary Marxist theory. He rejected a rigid, orthodox interpretation of Marxism and applied his own creative elements, which he believed could move a society to revolutionary action without the society having to depend upon more traditional economic factors. His interpretation of Peruvian history had a profound effect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801772
• ISBN13: 9780896801776
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 157 Pages