Jaume Miravitlles and marxism
This article examines the political career of writer and journalist Jaume Miravitlles i Navarra (Figueres, 1906 - Barcelona, 1988). It proposes that the importance of his contributions to intellectual thought and politics deserve reassessment, partly because Miravitlles's political progress was...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:112897 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/112897 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.2436/20.3001.02.38 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Miravitlles, Jaume Dalí, Salvador Catalunya. Polítics Espanya Marxisme Leninism The avant-garde The Workers' and Peasants' Bloc (Bloc Obrer i Camperol) The Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya) The Civil War, the Propaganda Commissariat (Comissariat de Propaganda) Exile Cold War Historiography Political thought |
| Sumario: | This article examines the political career of writer and journalist Jaume Miravitlles i Navarra (Figueres, 1906 - Barcelona, 1988). It proposes that the importance of his contributions to intellectual thought and politics deserve reassessment, partly because Miravitlles's political progress was typical of certain left-wing European intellectuals during the period in discussion: of those whose initiation in politics was full-blooded Leninism, but who then progressively distanced themselves from Soviet ideology and finally became profoundly critical of political Marxism. Miravitlles played a leading role in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, when he headed the Generalitat's Propaganda Commissariat. After 1939, in exile, he became one of the leading narrators of human experience during this period of war and revolution, a role that he reaffirmed on his return to Catalonia in 1963. |
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