José Carlos Mariátegui
Peruvian Marxist intellectual, journalist, and essayist; founder of the Socialist Party of Peru and the journal Amauta, best known for Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality, a foundational work of Latin American Marxist thought.
Books
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1. 7 Ensayos De Interpretación De La Realidad Peruana
A collection of seven essays that offers a Marxist interpretation of Peru’s historical and social formation, showing how colonial legacies, gamonal landholding, and an export-based economy shape class relations and culture. Centering the Indigenous majority, it argues that emancipation requires agrarian reform, dismantling semi-feudal structures, and a socialist project grounded in communal traditions, while critiquing the limits of liberalism and the roles of education and religion in domination. It also examines regional divides between coast and highlands and uses literature and political economy to outline a path toward a modern nation built on worker–peasant alliances.
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