The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism - Paperback

by Jose Carlos Mariategui (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.