Based on in-depth interviews with 74 intellectuals of the left in Cuba & Mexico, Reinventing Revolution explores the rapidly changing thinking of progressives on the big-& enduring-questions of democracy, economic alternatives, & national sovereignty. Offering a unique world-systems perspective on ...
Based on in-depth interviews with 74 intellectuals of the left in Cuba & Mexico, Reinventing Revolution explores the rapidly changing thinking of progressives on the big-& enduring-questions of democracy, economic alternatives, & national sovereignty. Offering a unique world-systems perspective on the sociology of intellectuals & ideology, Edward McCaughan concludes that the collapse of state socialism, the rise of neoliberalism, & accelerated economic globalization have deeply challenged the old paradigms of Latin America's socialist & nationalist lefts & have given rise to renovative ideas that defy both Marxist & liberal orthodoxies.