José Carlos Mariátegui

Deni Alfaro Rubbo is Professor of Sociology at the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS) and at the Graduate Program in Sociology at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil. Ph.D. from the Graduate Program in Sociology at the University of São Paulo (USP). He works in the field of Sociology, with an emphasis on the sociology of intellectuals and culture, history and Brazilian and Latin American political-social thought. His other books include Párias da terra: o MST e a mundialização da luta camponesa (2016), O labirinto periférico: aventuras de Mariátegui na América Latina (2021).

Introduction: Mariátegui: Contemporary Classic of the Critique of Eurocentrism Part 1: Sociocultural Expansion in Peru and the Formation of the Young Mariátegui 1. Mesocracy and Conditioners of Sociocultural Activities in Peru 2. “Nineteenth-Century Mandarins” and “Committed Centennialists” 3. Literary Bohemians of 1910 and Rebellion in Juan Croniqueur 4. Transition to “Big Politics” and Socialist Orientation Part 2: Europe as Rediscovery of the World Itself: Global Thought and the International Struggle 5. Europe in a Trance: International Circulation and Cosmopolitan Utopias 6. Crisis of Western Civilization, Crisis of Capitalism and Crisis of Progress 7. Marxism and Contemporary Thought: Unrepentant Dialogues Part 3: Criticism of Political and Epistemological Eurocentism: Translation of Marxism as a Peripheral Social Theory 8. Restless Preparations: Ideological Battle and Cultural Organization 9. Decipher Me or I Will Devour You: Translation of Marxism and the Peruvian Enigma 10. “You are Full of Europeanism”: The Socialist Revolution Against APRA 11. “Populist Nationalist”? The Communist International Against Indo-American Socialism. Conclusion: Mariátegui's Secret: Marxism and the Criticism of Eurocentrism