Paths of revolution : selected essays / Adolfo Gilly ; edited with an introduction by Tony Wood ; translated by Lorna Scott Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilly, Adolfo, author.

Contributor:

Wood, Tony, 1976- editor.

Fox, Lorna Scott, translator.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Insurgency--Latin America--History--20th century.

Insurgency.

Politics and government.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2022.

Summary:

"The writer and militant Adolfo Gilly directly observed many of Latin America's most tumultuous events, from the aftermath of Bolivia's National Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the guerrilla wars of Central America and Mexico's Zapatista uprising. Paths of Revolution is the first representative selection from his extensive body of work, collecting close-quarters reportage, sharp political analysis, and reflections on art and letters"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I WITNESSING REVOLUTION

1. Cuba in October (1964)

2. Chile: A Day with Allende (1964)

3. The Guerrilla Movement in Guatemala (1965)

4. Camilo Torres, the Forerunner (2016)

5. A Political Defense (1969)

6. Nicaragua and Bolivia: Two Paths (1980)

pt. II CLANDESTINE HISTORIES

7. Mexico: Subaltern Civilization (2003)

8. A Certain Idea of Mexico: The Presence, Nostalgia, and Persistence of Cardenismo (2002)

9. The Indigenous Army and the Mexican State (1999, 2002)

10. A Twenty-First-Century Revolution (2004)

11. Intermittent Insurrections (2009)

pt. III BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE

12. Bolivia Fifty Years On (2003)

13. Destinies of a Revolution (2017)

14. Ernest Mandel: Memories of Oblivion (1995)

15. Globalization, Violence, Revolutions: Nine Theses (2001)

16. Lawless Planet (2007)

17. The Emerging "Threat" of Radical Populism (2005)

pt. IV POLITICS AND LETTERS

18. Star and Spiral: Octavio Paz, Andre Breton, and Surrealism (2014)

19. Deep Rivers: Jose Maria Arguedas, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Papacha Oblitas (1999)

20. "Whiteness" Modernity, Humiliation (2011)

21. The Art of Storytelling (2006).

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gilly, Adolfo. Paths of revolution

ISBN:

9781839765001

1839765003

OCLC:

1294289371

Publisher Number:

99992128956