Marx And Latin America

José Aricó: (1931-91) was among Argentina's leading twentieth-century socialist thinkers. Co-founder of the journal Pasado y Presente, his works include Mariátegui y los orígenes del marxismo latinoamericano and La cola del diablo: Itinerario de Gramsci en América LatinaDavid Broder is a member of the Historical Materialism editorial board. He is currently a History PhD candidate at the London School of Economics, researching the role of dissident communists in the Italian resistance 1943 45.

• The Latin-American Marxism of Aricó: the Search for the Autonomy of Politics in Marx’s Fallacy, Horacio CrespoIntroduction, Carlos FrancoPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. An Evaded Reality2. The Growth of the Movement and the Crisis of Theory3. The Reality and Fallacy of Marx’s ‘Eurocentrism’4. De Te Fabula Narratur?5. The Theoretical and Political Presuppositions of National ‘Autonomy’6. Hegel Redivivus7. The Political Reasons for a Disconnect8. Marx’s BolívarAppendix 1. Rosa Luxemburg and the ‘Crisis’ of MarxismAppendix 2. Hegel and Latin AmericaAppendix 3. Marx and the Prospects of Russian SocietyAppendix 4. Marx’s Shift of Attention Towards Agrarian CommunitiesAppendix 5. On the Social-Democratic Leaders’ August 1914 ‘Betrayal’Appendix 6. Marx and the Spanish RevolutionAppendix 7. Aníbal Ponce’s ‘Marginal Notes’Appendix 8. On the Effect of British Hegemony in Latin AmericaAppendix 9. ‘Bolivar y Ponte’, by Karl Marx Epilogue to the Second EditionBibliographyIndex