Jose Marti, the United States, and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban

Jose Marti, the United States, and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban
ISBN-10
1351510576
ISBN-13
9781351510578
Category
Political Science
Pages
95
Language
English
Published
2017-09-04
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Carlos Ripoll

Description

This brief volume is an eloquent statement on the meaning of José Martí's thought as well as on how his thought has been harnessed to the needs of ideology in present-day Cuba. Hence, José Martí, the United States, and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban History should quite properly be viewed as a contribution to the sociology of knowledge, and the political processing of the literature.Professor Ripoll's volume gives special attention to Martí's writings on the United States: without sparing the colonialist and annexationist currents of the times, Martí in his writing demonstrated a full and balanced sense of pluralist currents in the United States.The author sees Martí, in his desire for redemption, as a truer socialist and revolutionary than those who seek to cloak themselves in his words. Because Martí believed freedom to be indispensable for the advancement of society, efforts to hitch Martí to a single ideological post are considered futile.

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