Secularism Meets Coloniality: Mariategui's Andean Political Theology

The political economy of race and caste: Revisiting the writings of Mariátegui and Ambedkar†

“…It was not just their own objective economic conditions that made the indigenous peasantry the most likely to take on this mantle, but also its long standing cultural traditions rooted in “Inca communism” which fostered collectivist norms, social solidarity and modes of reciprocity all of which aligned very well with the socialist perspective (Mariátegui, 1971). Mariátegui was heavily influenced by romanticism and his writings indicated a critical, but profound appreciation of Andean traditions (Löwy, 1998; Yountae, 2017). On this count Mariátegui, as many have noted earlier, took several liberties with Marxism.…”