Book, "The Marxism of Che Guevara: Philosophy, Economics, Revolutionary Warfare, Second Edition" By Michael Löwy

The Marxism of Che Guevara: Philosophy, Economics, Revolutionary Warfare, Second Edition

By Michael Löwy
Foreword by Peter McLaren

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. Lowy 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. Lowy 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.

Abstract: Commentary by Michael Löwy, Latin America: A Socialist Alternative to Neoliberalism

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Commentary:

Latin America: A Socialist Alternative to Neoliberalism 

by Michael Löwy


Katz’s brilliant article about the current economic and social situation in Latin America is not an economic study in strict academic terms but an original and broadly documented analysis of the economic, social, and political dynamics of the continent.

Book, "The Marxism of Che Guevara: Philosophy, Economics, Revolutionary Warfare, Second Edition by Michael Löwy

The Marxism of Che Guevara: Philosophy, Economics, Revolutionary Warfare, Second Edition

By Michael Löwy
Foreword by Peter McLaren

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. Lowy 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. Lowy 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.