Translating Marx

José Aricó and the New Latin American Marxism
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41017-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 198, 203 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Reihe: Historical Materialism Book Series

To speak of ‘Latin American Marxism’ is to announce a problem. To what extent can Marxism, a theoretical universe forged from nineteenth-century European experiences, also be productive for grasping other realities? How can we begin to make sense of the historical disconnection between that specific corpus of ideas and Latin America’s popular movements? Martín Cortés addresses these questions by considering the trajectory and works of José Aricó, who sought to rethink and disseminate in Spanish not only the works of Marx himself, but also those of foundational socialist thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci.

Guided by an interest in Marxism’s renovation, Cortés explores Aricó’s vital contributions to key topics in political theory, such as the nation, the state, the political subject, and hegemony.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cortés, Martín

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Introduction

PART I: TRANSLATION

1 Aricó as Translator: An Interpretive Key

The Task of Translation

Translation as a Philosophical Operation

A Hypothesis: Translating Marxism

2 Marxism, a Manifold Object: The Role of Translation within Aricó’s Intellectual Project

Getting Started

The Pasado y Presente Journal

The Pasado y Presente ‘Cuadernos’

Towards a Critical Reading of Marx and Marxism

Dilemmas of Theory and Political Practice

Towards a History of the Left

Excursus: Concerning the ‘Massive Tome’ and Other Impossible Books (and the Meaning of Life)

Siglo XXI: Argentina and Mexico

Folios: Between Mexico and Argentina

Adios to the Publisher: Back to Buenos Aires

PART II: MARXISMS

3 Marxism is Not a Philosophy of History

Marxism in Crisis and the Critique of Historical Reason

Latin America, Capitalist Periphery and Marx

Translation: Marx and Latin America

What is Left of Marxism Without a Philosophy of History?

Marx and Engels: Distinction as a Philosophical Reading Operation

Asynchrony and Immanence: Some Hypotheses on Aricó’s Marxism

4 Asynchrony I: Thinking Politics, Thinking the Nation

The Nation, Between Universality and Singularity

A Detour Through Bernstein, in Praise of Lenin

Politics and the Nation, 1: Gramsci

Politics and the Nation, 2: Mariátegui

5 Asynchrony II: Problems of Political Theory in Latin America

Thinking the Nation (and the State) in Latin America

Dilemmas of Asynchrony: Juan B. Justo and Latin American Socialism

On Hegemony

Socialism and Democracy: Organic Linkages

The Eighties and the ‘De-Stating’ of the Question of Democracy (a Critique of Leninism)

Conclusions

Aricó and Latin American Marxism

An Uncertain Form of Political Thought

References

Über Autor(innen)

Martín Cortés (1981). Doctor in Social Sciences and Philosophy (University of Buenos Aires – University of Paris 8). He has published books and articles on political theory, theories of the state and Latin American Marxism.