Mari+tegui is widely recognized across Latin America as one of the most important and innovative Marxist thinkers of the 20th century. Yet his life and work are largely unknown to the English-speaking world. In this gripping political biography, Gonzalez introduces readers to the inspiring life and thought of the Peruvian socialist.alist.

Mike Gonzalez is Emeritus Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the co-editor of Arms and the People (Pluto, 2012) and author of Hugo Chavez: Socialist for the Twenty-first Century (Pluto, 2014)

1. Introduction: the resurrection of a Marxist
2. Peru caught between colonialism and modernity
3. Learning his trade: Mariátegui’s “stone age”
4. 1919: the year of change
5. The discovery of Marxism: Mariátegui in Europe
6. World crisis and the interpretation of Peruvian reality
7. Seven Essays, a Marxist interpretation
8. The agony of Mariátegui
9. Mariátegui’s gift
10. Bibliography (and resume of Mariátegui’s works)