Utopia and the Dialectic in Latin American Liberation begins by examining the concept of utopia in Latin American thought, particularly its roots within indigenous emancipatory practice, and suggests that within this concept of utopia can be found a resonance with the dialectic of negativity that Hegel developed under the impact of the French Revolution, further developed by such thinker-activists as Marx, Lenin and Raya Dunayevskaya. The study concludes by discussing a dialectic of philosophy and organization in the context of Latin American liberation.
Author Biography
Eugene Gogol is a Marxist-Humanist activist and writer. He has written several books on Latin America, including Utopia y dialectica en la liberacion latinoamericana / Utopia and the Dialectic in Latin American Liberation (Juan Pablos Editor 2014), and El concepto del otro en la liberacion latinoamericana / The concept of the other in Latin American Liberation (Juan Pablos Editor 2004). His most recent book is Toward a Dialectic of Philosophy and Organization (Haymarket 2013).
