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The political theory of Che Guevara

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Rowman & Littlefield International 2018 LondonDescription: xii, 183 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781783487172
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335.4347 L5P6
Summary: Nearly half a century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara remains a compelling and controversial figure. He was an original social theorist, and many of his writings attest to an innovative interpretation of various concepts and commitments central to Marxist thought. This is one of the first works to comprehensively consider his contribution to social and political theory for a student audience. Firstly, the book provides thorough and reliable accounts of the key themes, concepts, and commitments that give Che Guevara’s theoretical, and political, orientation its distinctive character. It addresses Guevara’s views on topics such as work, morality in socialism, egalitarianism, prefigurative politics, internationalism, and the process of “disembourgeoisement”. Secondly, the study situates Guevara’s ideas within the context of the Marxist theoretical tradition and, on the other hand, twentieth-century Latin American social thought. To this end, it will explore both the affinities and dissimilarities between Guevara's views on certain fundamental questions and the views represented by such figures as Marx, Lenin, Herbert Marcuse and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Finally, The Political Thought of Che Guevara will provide critical assessments of Che’s key ideas, many of which remain relevant to contemporary debates in socialist theory. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783487165/The-Political-Theory-of-Che-Guevara
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Table of contents

Acknowledgments
Timeline
Introduction
Chapter One: The New Human Being
Chapter Two: The Problem of Work
Chapter Three: Internationalism and Anti-Imperialism
Chapter Four: Socialism, Communism and Revolution
Chapter Five: Consolidating the Revolution and the Building of Socialism
Chapter Six: The Guevarist Legacy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Nearly half a century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara remains a compelling and controversial figure. He was an original social theorist, and many of his writings attest to an innovative interpretation of various concepts and commitments central to Marxist thought. This is one of the first works to comprehensively consider his contribution to social and political theory for a student audience.
Firstly, the book provides thorough and reliable accounts of the key themes, concepts, and commitments that give Che Guevara’s theoretical, and political, orientation its distinctive character. It addresses Guevara’s views on topics such as work, morality in socialism, egalitarianism, prefigurative politics, internationalism, and the process of “disembourgeoisement”. Secondly, the study situates Guevara’s ideas within the context of the Marxist theoretical tradition and, on the other hand, twentieth-century Latin American social thought. To this end, it will explore both the affinities and dissimilarities between Guevara's views on certain fundamental questions and the views represented by such figures as Marx, Lenin, Herbert Marcuse and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Finally, The Political Thought of Che Guevara will provide critical assessments of Che’s key ideas, many of which remain relevant to contemporary debates in socialist theory.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783487165/The-Political-Theory-of-Che-Guevara

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