The paper attempts to capture some of the aspects of global capitalism as a new stage of development of the capitalist socio-economic formation elaborated in the studies of W. I. Robinson, as put in contrast with V. I. Lenin’s theory of international imperialism. The presented analysis of their similarities and differences raises some fundamental questions about how to transform the existing social order. One of its key aspects in our view is the strategy of social change.
The paper provides an insight into the life and work of Flora Tristán, a French-Peruvian thinker of the 19th century. It focuses on her biography and analyses her work in relation to historical facts and to the present with the aim of critiquing Tristan's ideas and bringing them up to date. It focuses on the contingent nature of feminist and socialist social struggle. It questions the traditional family, education and the revolutionary and reform strategy of social change. Flora Tristán's feminist and socialist ideas are set in a wider framework of the evolution of these social struggles. It points to the progressive (united organization of the proletariat, interdependent gender and working-class emancipation), and regressive (parliamentary representation, reform) aspects of Tristán's reasoning.
The paper focuses on the life and work of the Cuban writer, philosopher and revolutionary José Martí, who left a visible mark on the history of his region. The paper offers a new perspective on his life, his political, journalistic and literary activity. It reflects upon José Martí’s thought, his contribution to culture and philosophy, defining his place in the evolution of revolutionary thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention is given to Jose Marti’s attitude to Marxism as a movement which influenced the developments in Cuba and Latin America. The study concludes with a modern rendering of Martí’s work in the context of the current social and political situation.
The study focuses on the life and work of one of the most prominent representatives of revolutionary social and political thought in Latin America – José Carlos Mariátegui. It attempts to grasp fundamental aspects of Mariátegui’s philosophical heritage with an emphasis on the application of his ideas today. In addition to looking into his biography, it focuses on Mariátegui‘s humanism, Marxist approach to the interpretation of the Peruvian reality and his emphasis on the revolution as a strategy for social change, taking into account the historical, political and cultural realities of Peruvian society.
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