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The Marxism of Che Guevara
Philosophy, Economics, Revolutionary Warfare
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2007
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In this seminal exploration of Che Guevara's contributions to Marxist thinking, Michael Löwy traces Che's ideas about Marxism both as they related to Latin America and to more general philosophical, political, and economic issues. Now revised and updated, this edition includes a chapter on Guevara's search for a new paradigm of socialism and a substantive essay by Peter McLaren on Che's continued relevance today. Löwy portrays Guevara as a revolutionary humanist who considered all political questions from an internationalist viewpoint. For him, revolutionary movements in Latin America were part of a world process of emancipation. Löwy considers especially Che's views on the contradiction between socialist planning and the law of value in the Cuban economy and his search for an alternative road to the "actually existing socialism" of the Stalinist and post-Stalinist Soviet bloc.
Che's varied occupations—doctor and economist, revolutionary and banker, agitator and ambassador, industrial organizer and guerrilla fighter—were expressions of a deep commitment to social change. This book eloquently captures his views on humanity, his contributions to the theory of revolutionary warfare, and his ideas about society's transition to socialism, offering a cohesive, nuanced introduction to the range of Guevara's thought.
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Copyright Year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-3902-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4475-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
143
Product Type
Monograph
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Foreword: The Future of the Past Peter McLaren No access
Preface: On the Reissue of The Marxism of Che Guevara No access
Introduction: Che's Theoretical Contribution No access
1 Che and Marxism No access
2 The Revolution Is Made by Men No access
3 The New Man No access
4 Humanist Values No access
5 Productive Forces and Production Relations No access
6 The Law of Value and Socialist Planning No access
7 The Budgetary System of Finance No access
8 Material and Moral Incentives No access
9 Voluntary Labor and Communism No access
10 Sociology of the Revolution No access
11 Guerrilla Warfare No access
12 The General Strike No access
13 The World Revolution No access
Conclusion: Guevarism Today No access Pages 107 - 112
Appendix A: Che's Reading No access Pages 113 - 118
Appendix B: "Neither Imitation nor Copy"—Che Guevara in Search of a New Socialism No access Pages 119 - 130
