Bread and Beauty

The Cultural Politics of José Carlos Mariátegui

von Juan E. Castro

258 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Influenced by anarchism and especially by the anarcho-syndicalist Georges Sorel, the political praxis of Peruvian activist and scholar José Carlos Mariátegui (1894-1930) deviated from the policies mandated by the Comintern. Mariátegui saw that new subjectivities would be required to bring about a revolution that would not recreate bourgeois or fascist structures. A new society, he argued, required a new culture. Thus, Mariátegui not only founded the Peruvian Socialist Party, but also created Amauta, a magazine that brought together the writings of the political and cultural avant-gardes. In the spirit of this approach, Bread and Beauty not only studies the political signifi cance of cultural habits and products; it also looks at the cultural underpinnings of the political proposals found in Mariátegui's writings and actions.

• Reihe: Brill
• ISBN: 9789004441859
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2020
• Größe: 234 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV