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The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán
The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán: From Communism to the New Social Movements offers a substantial selection of some the most significant writings on Marx, Marxism, and radical social theory by Manuel Sacristán, Spain’s most important Marxist philosopher. Whether discussing Marx’s intellectual development and philosophical views, exploring central issues in Marxist theory or analysing the challenge to contemporary Marxism from feminism, pacifism and environmentalism, Sacristán emerges in these pages as both a major Marx scholar and a formidable social theorist in his own right. The Marxism of Manuel Sacristán makes available in English for the first time many of the key texts by a brilliant, yet neglected, Marxist thinker.
Crisis of Capitalism
This book is a compendium of a comprehensive treatise of applied economics published in Italian by Jaca Books in 2007. It includes a number of changes and updates, and a new section on the contradictory relation of capital to nature, intrinsic to the fundamental conflict between capital and labour. The context for the analysis provided of the dynamics of the capitalist development of the forces of production is the global economy, or capitalism as a world system.
Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle
Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle studies the crippling problems that plague civilian democracies in the region. Ximena de la Barra and Richard Dello Buono draw on their extensive first-hand knowledge of Latin America to provide a rich analysis of why the needs of the region are too often put second to powerful foreign interests. In particular, they look at the shortcomings of the neoliberal development model, combining a broad historical overview with analysis of critical issues today. In a region that displays some of the worst social disparities in the world, popular movements have begun to confront the forces of domination. Their struggles for social justice have proposed new political agendas that in some cases dovetail with the new generation of progressive leaders, fueling important social changes. The authors argue that genuine development, free of dependency, can only be achieved in the context of a more profound democratization and new forms of regional integration. This interdisciplinary study will be useful for students, scholars, and general readers concerned with the past, present, and particularly the future of this important region.
Transitions
The monograph essentially seeks to compare the sociopolitical construction processes of Spain, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and North Africa. And, even though the papers included in it deal above all with the differences between the different democratic developments mentioned above, the central idea transmitted is that they have been marked by complexity, instability, and risk, in short, by fragility. In this respect, the issue offers a twofold look, as it tries to analyze the transition processes towards democracy and, at the same time, the current state of democracy, its fragility or its lack of quality, both approaches being merged into one.
Why Do Some Civil Wars Not Happen?
Since its early beginnings peace and conflict research has focused on causes of phenomena such as civil war, terrorism, and state failure. The author merges this approach with a peace causes perspective and asks why civil war happened in Peru (1980-1995) though not in Bolivia, which is striking given the structural similarities with Peru as well as a number of escalation episodes leading the country to the brink of civil war (2000-2008). He explores the political measures such as reforms and political dialogue, which prevented the country from rather hazardous consequences.
Filosofar desde abajo
En esta antología se recogen textos en los que Francisco Fernández Buey se muestra combativo y preocupado por analizar los retos a los que tenemos que hacer frente como sociedad, defendiendo la importancia de pensar históricamente y de conocer el pasado del que provenimos. Desde los escritos de intervención en la prensa o en presentaciones hasta los trabajos críticos, su discurso aborda los conflictivos conceptos ideológicos, científicos y culturales que organizan el problemático sentido de nuestras sociedades. Su pasión por Latinoamérica, y su labor promotora de la interculturalidad y la interdisciplinariedad, se manifiestan en una escritura que aspira a superar las limitaciones derivadas de los compartimentos estancos y las miradas especializadas. Este filosofar desde abajo supone todo un esfuerzo argumental por establecer el marco de lo que llamó una “tercera cultura”, consciente de la imposibilidad de transformar el mundo sin conocer su complejidad y las diferentes naturalezas de los términos como se piensa.
The New Mole
The New Mole is a major new analysis of recent developments in Latin American politics by one of the continent's leading political thinkers. Emir Sader explains the resurgence of radicalism in terms of the region's history and explores its theoretical underpinning. The book is unusual in combining succinct judgments with broad chronological and geographical sweep-covering a period running from the early twentieth century to the present and detailing the political interplay between nations. Sader points to areas where Latin America offers new insights to the world-on indigenous questions, for example-and areas where political thought lags behind practice, as in Venezuela. He also examines the process of regional integration under way in Latin America, which stands out because it is occurring independently of Washington. Looking at the role of political and ideological struggles in defining the continent's trajectory, Sader concludes with an optimistic affirmation of agency that is all the more convincing for its sobriety.
Las letras del horror
Dos siglas condensan todo el horror vivido bajo el régimen dictatorial: la DINA y la CNI. Indagar sus orígenes, conocer sus métodos y estructuras, a sus miembros, establecer las circunstancias de las capturas y asesinatos de muchos de nuestros compatriotas, ha sido la motivación del periodista Manuel Salazar para emprender una acuciosa investigación que culmina en Las letras del horror, obra que presentamos en dos volúmenes. Esta primera entrega, centrada en la Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, pone de relieve algunas preguntas inquietantes: ¿Por qué los integrantes de la DINA se ensañaron con sus detenidos? ¿Dónde y de quiénes aprendieron las brutales técnicas de tortura que...
The Transformation of Chinese Socialism
A significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, this volume provides a critical assessment of the past and future Chinese socialism.
