To speak of 'Latin American Marxism ' is to announce a problem. To what extent can Marxism, a theoretical universe forged from nineteenth-century European experiences, also be productive for grasping other realities? How can we begin to make sense of the historical disconnection between that specific corpus of ideas and Latin America 's popular movements? Martín Cortés addresses these questions by considering the trajectory and works of José Aricó, who sought to rethink and disseminate in Spanish not only the works of Marx himself, but also those of foundational socialist thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci.
Guided by an interest in Marxism 's renovation, Cortés explores Aricó 's vital contributions to key topics in political theory, such as the nation, the state, the political subject, and hegemony.
Publication date: October 20, 2020
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: TRANSLATION
1 Aricó as Translator: An Interpretive Key
2 Marxism, a Manifold Object: The Role of Translation within Aricó 's Intellectual Project
PART II: MARXISMS
3 Marxism is Not a Philosophy of History
4 Asynchrony I: Thinking Politics, Thinking the Nation
5 Asynchrony II: Problems of Political Theory in Latin America
Conclusions
References
“Cortés has produced an incredibly rich and theoretically sophisticated book that manages to combine laser-like focus on the problematic of translation with a sweeping commentary on the 'manifold object' that is Marxism.”
—Gavin Arnall, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies
“Aricó steers Marxism away from a theory of ‘linear progress,’ toward a conversation that grants 'autonomy' to the development of non-Western societies. The result is a book that enfranchises scholars to broaden the scope of Marxist discourse with respect to the non-Western world.”
—Jake Slovis, H-Net Reviews