> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Apr 23 10:22 PDT 1997 > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:22:21 -0700 (PDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sid: > Thanks for all this - it's great to hear about some new names, and recall a > few I should probably re-read. > The glaring omission I see in the suggestions so far has to do woth > caribbean writers and thinkers: Amilcar Cabral, Frantz Fanon, Walter Rodney, > and, of course, CLR James - one of the all-time greats. An attempt is > currently underway to make James into a theorist of cultural studies and > nothing more; but his passion was Marxism and revolution, certainly, and his > contribitons in this area are tremendous. > Brian > > >From: D Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [PEN-L:9588] LatAm Marxism (fwd) > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Green) > >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:19:54 -0700 (PDT) > >X-UIDL: c75461b254006aa6b2a5e2657763eff2 > > > >Forwarded message: > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 22 02:21 PDT 1997 > >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 02:20:09 -0700 (PDT) > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Precedence: bulk > >From: "Alex Izurieta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [PEN-L:9588] LatAm Marxism > >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > >X-Comment: Progressive Economics > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Length: 3203 > > > >> What's good to read on Marxism in Latin America? > > > >Hope it helps to hint to some important names (authors). I am afraid > >most of their works are not published in English. > > > >Mariategui, Jose Carlos (Peru): it is a "pioneer" both > >chronologically and content wise. He introduced, right from the early 1900s, > >notions of indianity and colonialism into marxist thought. It would > >surprise me if his "7 thesis on L.A...." are not translated into > >English. > > > >Cueva, Agustin (Ecuador). He died quite recently, and I therefore > >suspect (hope) that something has been published in English as a sort > >of compilation of writings or "memorial...". He comes from a > >sociological tradition, though he also wrote a "economic history of > >LA". Whatever you find from him is worth reading. > > > >Arismendy, Rodney (Uruguay). The same as with Cueva, he died > >recently. He is a sociologist, founder of the Communist party in > >Uruguay. Comes from a leninist tradition, "latinamericanised" little by > >little, especially after the Sandinista experience, which he joined > >in the early set up. > > > >Zea, Leopoldo (Mexico). His first writings were more..., say cautios > >marxist "approximations". But it was the Cuban revolution that > >radicalized his thoughts and became a marxist proponent. > > > >Gonzalez Casanova, Pablo (Mexico). He is an historian, and wrote a > >lot about economics and labour. He has also edited an impressive > >history collection, putting together many writers, of a marxian > >strand practically all them. He could be more known in the US as he > >explicitly intended to appeal to the northamerican (progressist) > >publicl by (trying to) integrating latam marxism with US "empiricism" > >(whatever it may mean). > > > >Sanchez Vasquez,Adolfo (Spaniard, later nationalised in Mexico). He > >writes from a philosophical point of view. Interesting in the sense > >that it links also with a Spanish tradition of "classical" > >non-marxists philosophers (as Ortega y Gasset). IMO he treats marxism > sometimes in a > >reductionist / materialist narrow way... > > > >Dussel, Enrique (Argentina). He writes from philosophical and > >theological backgrounds. His main contribution, which I think is, > >next to 'indianity', a most revelant "originality" of Latam marxism, > >is the appraisal of marxist thoughts as they were incorporated by > >grass roots groops and social movements whose "militancy' (?) or > >political engagements is derived from christian groups. > > > >Vilas, Carlos (mexico). Casually, I 've recently told of a book published > > in English: Magnus,B., Cullenberg,S.... (eds)(1995)(Routledge) > >"Whiter Marxism? Global Issues in International Perspective", where > >there is a chapter wiritten by Carlos Vilas about Latam marxism. I > >believe it must be good. (BTW, there is also in that book a critical > >appraisal of Foucalt...). > > > >And, obvioulsy, if you want to make the "synthesis" yourself, one > >should give a look to Sandino, Farabundo Marti, Jose Marti (Cuba), > >Ernesto (che) Guevara, and... Fidel. > > > >Pls. tell me if you find something in English over there. I am > >curious. > > > >Salud, > > > >Alex > > > >> > > > > > >Alex Izurieta > >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Institute of Social Studies > >P.O. Box 29776 > >2502 LT The Hague > >Tel. 31-70-4260480 > >Fax. 31-70-4260.755 > > 4260.799 > > > > > > > ----- > Brian Green | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
