Hegemonic Nationalism, Subordinate Marxism
The Mexican Left, 1945-7
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3401029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne Booth (0000-0003-4973-5609, corresponding author), William A Booth |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-58 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x17000013 |
| OpenAlex | W2584780616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 56 |
The most significant weakness of the Marxist Left in early Cold War Mexico was that it subordinated itself to post-revolutionary nationalism. Both the Mexican Communist Party and followers of Vicente Lombardo Toledano supported the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), avoiding significant criticism before late 1947. Some dissident currents of Marxism did exist, but they were sparsely followed. Mexico provides an extreme case of Left subordination to popular-nationalist ideology, yet is indicative of trends visible elsewhere, e.g. among Marxist groups in post-war Cuba and the United States. Rather than promoting notions of communist political practice, the Mexican Marxist Left consistently advocated the elimination of class conflict and support for the 'national bourgeoisie'. The Marxist Left held the Mexican government to different standards from those to which they held the governments of other countries. A near-consensus on the Mexican Left equated patriotism with progressive politics. The argument is illustrated with an important case study: the 1947 Marxist Round Table
Argument (complex analysis) · Communism · Criticism · Economic history · Hegemony · Ideology · Left-wing politics · Marxist philosophy · Nationalism · New Left · Patriotism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Sociology · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America
The paradox of revolution
Neither Peace nor Freedom
The Rise and Fall of Communism
Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico
Mexico since Independence
Marxist Thought in Latin America
The Golden Age of Charrismo
Revolution Within the Revolution
The Bolsheviks and the National Question, 1917–23
Mexico's Cold War
In from the Cold
Communism in Mexico
Chile since Independence
Marx at the Margins
Building their own Cold War in their own backyard
Allende's Chile and the inter-American Cold War
Mining for the Nation
La Mesa Redonda de los Marxistas Mexicanos
The Southeast Was Red
The Impossible Triangle
The USSR and Latin America
Mexico
The Working Class and the Mexican Revolution, c . 1900–1920
Nationalism and Communism in India
About My Father
Protest Movement in an Authoritarian Regime
Everyday Forms of State Formation
Managing Mexico's Cold War
Education and Political Recruitment in Mexico
Crossing the Black Atlantic
The Position and Prospects of the Communists in France
Communism and Religion
The Contributions of José Carlos Mariátegui to Revolutionary Theory
Marxism and Romanticism in the Work of José Carlos Mariátegui
Who Governed? Grassroots Politics in Mexico Under the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, 1958-1970
El viaje de Vicente Lombardo Toledano al mundo del porvenir
Soviet Relations with Latin America 1959-1987
Marxist Thought in Latin America
The State and the National Bourgeoisie in Postrevolutionary Mexico
Factionalism in the Mexican Left
El movimiento de liberación nacional
Chile Since Independence
The Mexican Communist Party and Agrarian Mobilization in the Laguna, 1920-1940
Creole Anti-Communism
Mariátegui
Gramsci's Marxism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |