Che Lives! by Brincat, Shannon;

Short description:

This book explores the vast and ongoing legacy of Che Guevara in world politics. It is one of the first volumes to explore both historical and contemporary manifestations of Che’s legacy, with an emphasis on the international dimensions of his thought and praxis. 

Long description:

This book explores the vast and ongoing legacy of Che Guevara in world politics. It is one of the first volumes to explore both historical and contemporary manifestations of Che’s legacy, with an emphasis on the international dimensions of his thought and praxis. The chapters in this volume explore the ongoing influence of Che across political economy, revolutionary traditions, guerilla warfare, resistance movements in the global South, studies of neoimperialism and decolonialism, internationalism, education, and political theory. This volume highlights that Che’s thought remains highly relevant in contemporary world politics because the structures of global economic exploitation and social marginalisation continue to operate as they did in Che’s time.

This volume offers a critical engagement with Che’s ideas and actions across world politics, weaving a path beyond ‘man, myth, and moment’ narratives, to offer a balanced account that engages across the highly contested nature of Che’s legacy. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with history, politics, and international relations.

Most of the chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Globalizations, with this edition featuring three new chapters, an updated Introduction and a new postscript.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Che Guevara and world politics 1. Che Lives! The Legacy of Che Guevara in World Politics 2. The Mythification of Che Guevara 3. José Carlos Mariátegui: Che’s precursor 4. Guevara and Marx: critical remake of an old film 5. Che as minister: the promotion of science and technology for Cuba’s socialist development 6. Che’s critique of the Organization of American States: from Punta del Este (1961) to Bolivia (2019) 7. Che Guevara and guerrilla warfare 8. Che’ Guevara and the Peronist Guerrilla: the history of a misunderstanding? Argentina 1966-1973 9. ‘We’ll be like Che’ Foquismo and sacrificial ethics within the Latin American revolutionary activism 10. Che Guevara and continental revolution 11. Che and Maoism 12. Che Guevara and the case for revolutionary feminism in global politics 13. Militant Organizing in Higher Education: Che’s Lessons for Struggle In & Beyond the University Postscript Che in Timor Leste