Jos\u00e9 Carlos Mari\u00e1tegui, 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 upon subsequent social movements throughout Latin America. This volume reviews the essential elements of Mari\u00e1tegui's thought and important influences on his intellectual development. It demonstrates the role he played in defining a Latin american identity, the nature of his intellectual contribution to the development of indigenous revolutionary movements in Latin America, and the inflluence he had on successful revolutionary movements in Cuba and Nicaragua. An understanding of Mari\u00e1tegui's thought is fundamental to understanding the nature of revolutionary changes in Latin America.
- ISBN10 0896801772
- ISBN13 9780896801776
- Publish Date 2 June 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ohio University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 157
- Language English