Mariátegui

Marxismo, Comunismo, and Other Bibliographic Notes

Bibliographic Data

ID2749007
AuthorsHarry E Vanden (University of South Florida, corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume14
Issue3
Pages61-86
Publication date1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0023879100032283
OpenAlexW4312501065
LanguagePT
Citations received6
References cited10

Currently, Western Europe is experiencing a novel type of Marxism. The Communist movement is no longer viewed by most observers as a cohesive monolith waiting for directions from the East, and communism in Italy, France, and Spain has shown an increasing level of autonomy and national resourcefulness. Indeed, the "Eurocommunism" of Santiago Carrillo (head of the Spanish Communist party) is frequently attacked by his Soviet comrades in Party Congress and press alike. In that this new European communism pays a great deal of attention to specific national conditions, the importance of autonomy, and flexible strategies to win support, it is not always understood by orthodox Communists or ardent anti-Marxists. The latter group is convinced that all Communists are the same and will show their true color once in power, while the former is greatly concerned that their once revolutionary parties will evolve into revisionist Social Democratic groupings far afield from Lenin's prototypical Bolshevik party. Neither, then, is happy with this innovative approach to Western European Marxist-Leninist praxis

Autonomy · Communism · Democracy · Economic history · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Praxis · Sociology · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Spanish History and Politics

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