The Marxism of Che Guevara
Subtitle: philosophy, economics, revolutionary warfare
By: Michael Lowy.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Critical currents in Latin American perspective
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780742539020; 9780742539037
Subjects: Guevara, Ernesto, -- 1928-1967 -- Political and social views; Communism
Work titles: Pensée de "Che" Guevara.
Description: "In this exploration of Che Guevara's contributions to Marxist thinking, Michael Lowry traces Che's ideas about Marxism as they relate to both 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 foreword by Peter McLaren on Che's continued relevance today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The future of the past /  Peter McLaren; title: On the reissue of the Marxism of Che Guevara; title: Che's theoretical contribution; title: Che's philosophy; title: Che and Marxism; title: The Revolution is made by men; title: The new man; title: Humanist values; title: Che's economic ideas; title: Productive forces and production relations; title: The law of value and socialist planning; title: The budgetary system of finance; title: Material and moral incentives; title: Voluntary labor and communism; title: Revolutionary warfare; title: Sociology of the Revolution; title: Guerrilla warfare; title: The general strike; title: The World Revolution; title: Guevarism today; title: Che's reading; title: "Neither imitation nor copy"; title: Che Guevara in search of a new socialism.