The Marxism of Che Guevara

The Marxism of Che Guevara

"The Marxism of Che Guevara: Philosophy, Economics, and Revolutionary Warfare" is a book by Michael Lowy. It is a short work addressing the political, ethical and economic components of Ernesto Guevara's thinking.

First published in French as "La pensée de “Che” Guevara" in 1970; it was translated by Brian Pearce and published by Monthly Review Press (New York, NY and London) in 1973 as a 127-page hardcover (ISBN 0-85345-274-1).

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Encyclopædia Britannica described it as "a short but lucid introduction to Guevara's ideas" [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:7rHM7Vn6GpkJ:www.britannica.com/eb/print%3FtocId%3D9038387%26fullArticle%3Dtrue++%22The+Marxism+of+Che+Guevara%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7] .

Contents

*Introduction: Che's theoretical contribution

*"'Part I: Che's philosophy
# Che and Marxism
# The revolution is made by men
# The new man
# Humanist values

*"'Part II: Che's economic ideas
* Introduction
# Productive forces and production relations
# The law of value and socialist planning
# The budgetary system of finance
# Material and moral incentives
# Voluntary labor and communism

*"'Part III: Revolutionary warfare
* Introduction
# Sociology of the revolution
# Guerrilla warfare
# The general strike
# The world revolution

*"'Part IV: Guevarism today

*"'Appendix: Che's reading

*"'Bibliography


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