The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism

José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930) is widely considered one of Latin America's greatest Marxist theoreticians and activists yet remains nearly unknown in the English-speaking world. In his native Peru, most of the Left acknowledges him as a mentor; across the political spectrum and around the continent, Mariátegui is recognised among Latin America's greatest essayists, literary critic, and social thinkers. This short collection of essays is an attempt to introduce the breadth and depth of his thought to a new generation of English-speaking students of history, philosophy, literature and radical theory and practice.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Europe and North America
The World Crisis and the Peruvian Working Class	p. 3
Lenin	p. 9
Trotsky	p. 13
The Exile of Trotsky	p. 16
Mussolini and Fascism	p. 19
The Decline of England	p. 22
The Destiny of North America	p. 24
Yankeeland and Socialism	p. 28
The Anti-Imperialist Struggle
Revolutionary and Socialist Agitation in the Eastern World	p. 35
East and West	p. 39
The Chinese Revolution	p. 42
Gandhi	p. 45
Ireland and England	p. 49
Yankee Imperialism in Nicaragua	p. 53
Peruvian Reality
The Economic Factor in Peruvian History	p. 57
May Day and the United Front	p. 59
Feminist Demands	p. 62
Education and the Economy	p. 65
Nationalism and Vanguardism	p. 69
Introducing Amauta	p. 74
Message to the Workers Congress	p. 76
Prologue to Tempest in the Andes	p. 79
Principles of National Agrarian Policy	p. 85
Anniversary and Balance Sheet	p. 87
The Programmatic Principles of the Socialist Party	p. 90
The Indigenous Question	p. 94
Latin America
The Unity of Indo-Hispanic America	p. 113
Is There Such a Thing as Hispanic-American Thought?	p. 116
Ibero-Americanism and Pan-Americanism	p. 119
Mexico and the Revolution	p. 122
Portes Gil versus the CROM	p. 125
Notes on the New Course of Mexican Politics	p. 127
Anti-Imperialist Viewpoint	p. 130
Marxism and Philosophy
Two Conceptions of Life	p. 139
Man and Myth	p. 142
Pessimism of the Real and Optimism of the Ideal	p. 146
Modern Philosophy and Marxism	p. 148
Marxist Determinism	p. 152
The Heroic and Creative Meaning of Socialism	p. 155
Materialist Idealism	p. 158
Literature, Art, and Culture
The Artist and the Epoch	p. 167
Art, Revolution, and Decadence	p. 170
Freudianism in Contemporary Literature	p. 172
Reality and Fiction	p. 176
The Clarte Group	p. 179
A Balance Sheet of Surrealism	p. 182
Maxim Gorky and Russia	p. 186
Outline of an Interpretation of Chaplin	p. 189
Glossary of Spanish and Quechua Terms	p. 195
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 197
Index	p. 199
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