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978-1-78348-716-5 • Hardback • February 2018 • $154.00 • (£119.00)
978-1-78348-717-2 • Paperback • February 2018 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
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Renzo Llorente teaches Philosophy at Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus. He is the translator and editor of The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán: From Communism to the New Social Movements (2014) and the author of Beyond the Pale: Exercises in Provocation (2010).
Introduction / Chapter One: The New Human Being / Chapter Two: The Problem of Work / Chapter Three: Internationalism and Anti-Imperialism / Chapter Four: Socialism, Communism and Revolution / Chapter Five: Consolidating the Revolution and the Building of Socialism / Chapter Six: the Guevarist Legacy / Bibliography / Index
This remarkable essay is a reliable and insightful guide to Guevara's thought and to his legacy for the Socialism of the 21st Century. One can easily conclude from this analysis of Guevara's Marxist Humanism and revolutionary ethics, how little he had to do with Stalinism, and how much he had in common with the Latin American Marxist tradition initiated by José Carlos Mariategui.
— Michael Löwy, emeritus research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, co-author of Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity
Llorente’s book provides a fascinating examination of Guevara’s political ideas on revolution, anti-imperialism, socialist construction, consciousness and social-relations. The author frames Guevara in relation to radical social theory. Llorente has extensive knowledge of Guevara’s writings and speeches and explores these drawing out connections with the work of Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Lukacs, and others who have contributed to Marxist theory and socialist praxis.
— Helen Yaffe, Economic History Fellow, London School of Economics
This is an important reading of Che's life and work and a major contribution to our understanding of Che's political theory. Further, it is. indispensable for all those open to the possibility of "being like Che" arriving as it does at a time when "being like Che" carries with it a special political and moral urgency.
— Peter McLaren, Chapman University
Renzo Llorente’s The Political Theory of Che Guevara is an outstanding work of explanatory synthesis. Though far from the first attempt at a concise outline of Guevara’s thought, it stands out for the care Llorente takes in guiding his reader through complex and potentially forbidding material. A professor of social and political philosophy at the Madrid campus of Saint Louis University, he proves himself a skillful teacher on the page. His prose is remarkably clean, accessible and free of jargon. He patiently explains concepts upon introducing them and provides relevant historical or theoretical information when necessary, though not so much as to overwhelm the reader. Instructors looking to introduce high school and college students to the ideas of one of the 20th century’s most fascinating minds will be hard pressed to find a better textbook.
— Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, 1 October 2018
- Che Guevara is one of the most iconic, popular and well-known revolutionaries in modern history and features on a number of Latin American History, Political Theory and Social Movements course around the world
- This text includes writings from Che that have never been published in English before now offering students new primary material
- Fills a huge gap in accessible texts on the political and social thought of a hugely important Marxist figure (most books only focus on his historical significance)