Guerrilla war and hegemony

Marco Gabbas

doi:10.33956/tensoesmundiais.v13i25.346

Abstract

La guerra de guerrillas is one of the most known of Che Guevara’s works. Providing a political-ideological analysis of this book, I aim to demonstrate that Che Guevara should not be considered only a man of action, but also a political thinker and theorist. To analyze the book, I will use the Gramscian concepts of hegemony and War of Manoeuvrer/War of Position as an interpretative framework.

Highlights

The one hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution is an appropriate moment to reflect on its repercussions on the world and, on Latin America
In this article I will provide a political and ideological analysis of Guevara’s book La guerra de guerrillas using the Gramscian concepts of hegemony and of war of manoeuvre/war of position as an interpretative framework
Guerrilla War and Hegemony: Gramsci and che blindly everywhere. He makes clear that the Cuban Revolution had demonstrated three main elements which were crucial for all Latin America and which were the basic underpinnings of his theory

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The one hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution is an appropriate moment to reflect on its repercussions on the world and, on Latin America. Guerrilla War and Hegemony: Gramsci and che blindly everywhere At the outset, he makes clear that the Cuban Revolution had demonstrated three main elements which were crucial for all Latin America and which were the basic underpinnings of his theory. The concept of insurrectionary foco is crucial in Che’s framework, as he sees the revolutionary guerrilla war as a catalyst, a progressive political movement which can create through its course the conditions of its success, if they were not present from the beginning This Guevarian concept is the absolute negation of a mechanical and dogmatic interpretation of Marxism. According to Guevara, the two are strongly linked It is only by continuous, consistent and efficient educational and propaganda work predominantly among the peasants – but, as we have seen, to a lesser extent among urban workers and other sectors of society – that the guerrilla army will gain momentum. This kind of training, in Che Guevara’s opinion, provides the soldiers with “an internal discipline, which must be entirely justified with reasons” (GUEVARA, 1977, p. 124)

DEFENCE OF HEGEMONY

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CONCLUSION