Full Description
A renowned Peruvian historian, Alberto Flores Galindo (1949-1990) wrote fundamental books on Andean utopianism, José Carlos Mariátegui, subaltern Lima, and more. He participated in fiery debates on the left about Marxism, democracy, and socialism.
Written by two specialists in Peruvian history, this book addresses many of his major topics and contributions, including Peru's rupture with Spanish colonialism, his role as a Marxist public intellectual, his relationship with the Cuban Revolution, the Shining Path and human rights, and his passion for literature. The book introduces English readers to the life and work of one of Latin America's major Marxist thinkers.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Carlos Aguirre and Charles Walker
1 Between the Andean Utopia and the Socialist Utopia
Carlos Aguirre and Charles Walker
1 Rethinking Mariátegui and Peruvian Marxism
2 Andean Utopia as History and Memory
3 Intellectual and Methodological Dialogues
4 The Andean Utopia under Debate
2 'More Than One Alternative': Alberto Flores Galindo and Peru's War of Independence
Charles Walker
1 Searching for New Paths
2 Túpac Amaru
3 Aristocracy, the Plebe, and Historians
4 Searching and Searching
5 More Than One Alternative
3 Leftwing Political Culture and Print Culture in Contemporary Peru: The Making of a Public Intellectual
Carlos Aguirre
1 The Making of an Intellectual: Flores Galindo and the Generation of 1968
2 The Printed Word as an Intellectual Weapon
3 Conclusion: The Public Intellectual and Print Culture
4 'Theres Is No Happy Island': Flores Galindo, Cuba, and the Socialist Utopia
Carlos Aguirre
1 Latin American Intellectuals Respond to Reagan
2 The 1986 Casa De Las Américas Prize
3 Return Visit to Cuba
4 (Re)Thinking the Revolution
5 Friendship and Solidarity
6 Conclusion
5 'Historians Cannot Overlook the Present': Alberto Flores Galindo on the Shining Path, Violence, and the 1980's Crisis
Charles Walker
1 The Art of Doing Research and Writing Essays
2 The Boiling Point
3 The Silent War
4 Debates, Controversies, and Polemics
5 Time of Plagues
6 Human Rights
7 Conclusions
6 A Requited Passion: Flores Galindo and Literature
Carlos Aguirre
1 A Passion for Reading
2 Literature and the Historical Craft
3 The Forging of a Style
4 The Impossible Library
5 Signs of a Bygone Era
Bibliography
Index
