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Book SynopsisIn a work centred on Marx's harsh biography of Simon Bolvar, Jose Arico examines why Latin America was apparently excluded from Marx's thought, challenging the allegation that this expressed Eurocentric prejudice. Whilst criticising Marx's misreading of Latin American realities, Arico shows countervailing tendencies in Marx's thought, including his appraisal of non-European societies. Arico convincingly argues that Marx's work was not a dogma of linear 'progress', but a living, contradictory body of thought constantly in development.
Table of ContentsThe Latin-American Marxism of Aricó: the Search for the Autonomy of Politics in Marx’s Fallacy, Horacio Crespo Introduction, Carlos Franco Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition 1. An Evaded Reality 2. The Growth of the Movement and the Crisis of Theory 3. The Reality and Fallacy of Marx’s ‘Eurocentrism’ 4. De Te Fabula Narratur? 5. The Theoretical and Political Presuppositions of National ‘Autonomy’ 6. Hegel Redivivus 7. The Political Reasons for a Disconnect 8. Marx’s Bolívar Appendix 1. Rosa Luxemburg and the ‘Crisis’ of Marxism Appendix 2. Hegel and Latin America Appendix 3. Marx and the Prospects of Russian Society Appendix 4. Marx’s Shift of Attention Towards Agrarian Communities Appendix 5. On the Social-Democratic Leaders’ August 1914 ‘Betrayal’ Appendix 6. Marx and the Spanish Revolution Appendix 7. Aníbal Ponce’s ‘Marginal Notes’ Appendix 8. On the Effect of British Hegemony in Latin America Appendix 9. ‘Bolivar y Ponte’, by Karl Marx Epilogue to the Second Edition Bibliography Index
