Jose Carlos Mariategui Quotes
Jose Carlos Mariategui was a Peruvian journalist and Marxist political philosopher and one of the most important Latin American thinkers of the twentieth century. Self-educated and largely self-taught after a childhood injury, he edited the influential review Amauta and founded the Peruvian Socialist Party. The quotes below are attributed to Jose Carlos Mariategui, organized by topic.
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Jose Carlos Mariategui on Knowledge
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“La obra maestra no florece sino en un terreno abonado por una anónima u oscura multitud de obras mediocres.”
The masterpiece flourishes only on land fertilized by an anonymous or obscure multitude of mediocre works. [ citation needed ] -
“The masterpiece flourishes only on land fertilized by an anonymous or obscure multitude of mediocre works. [ citation needed ]”
La obra maestra no florece sino en un terreno abonado por una anónima u oscura multitud de obras mediocres. -
“No es posible democratizar la enseñanza de un país sin democratizar su economía y sin democratizar, por ende, su superestructura política.”
It is not possible to democratize the education of a country without democratizing its economy and without democratizing, therefore, its political superstructure." Source: "The process of public instruction" [ specific citation needed ] -
“No renegamos, propiamente, la herencia española; renegamos la herencia feudal" [ citation needed ]”
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Jose Carlos Mariategui on Politics
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Attributed to Jose Carlos Mariategui:
“Indo-American socialism cannot be a tracing or copy of European socialism. It must be a heroic creation.”
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“The indigenous problem is the problem of land.”
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“Without the Indian, there is no Peru.”
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Attributed to Jose Carlos Mariategui:
“The myth, not the program, is the engine of history.”
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“It is not possible to democratize the education of a country without democratizing its economy and without democratizing, therefore, its political superstructure." Source: "The process of public instruction" [ specific citation needed ]”
No es posible democratizar la enseñanza de un país sin democratizar su economía y sin democratizar, por ende, su superestructura política.
Jose Carlos Mariategui on Truth
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Attributed to Jose Carlos Mariategui:
“Marxism is not a religion. It is a method of historical interpretation, a method of action.”