In the 60s, regis debray fought beside che guevara in bolivia. Onthe side of reaction, they provide readymade justifiction for posing as guardians of national unity and territorial integrity threatened by this cancerous growth, and for attacking the communist separatists. Guerrilta warfare and marxism wits historical papers. New post fulltext search for articles, highlighting downloaded books, view pdf in a browser and download history correction in our blog. The marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of. Armed struggle and political struggle in latin america regis debray, bobbye ortiz on.
In early 1966 castro and guevara brought regis debray to cuba for discussions on guerrilla war. An analysis of the theories of regis debray as pronounded in revolution in the revolution. As a matter of fact, however, regis debray does not play the part of a red eminence grise at the elysee palace. Regis debray has been arrested by the bolivian authorities, not for having participated in guerrilla activities but for having written a book revolution in the. First published in 1967, it became a controversial handbook for guerrilla warfare and revolution, read alongside ches own pamphlets, with which it can compete in terms of historical importance and insight to this day.
In tho case of regis debray, his relevance is to three entities. Armed struggle and political struggle in latin america by regis debray. Regis debray in his book revolution in the revolution obviously understands that the notion of repetition founds the very idea of a revolution, but he throughout. Twentyseven years ago, french radical theoretician regis debray was sentenced by a bolivian military tribunal to 30 years in jail. Guevara, debray, and armed revisionism banned thought. About revolution in the revolution revolution in the revolution. It suggests a passive, timorous, withdrawn approach, but this is not always correct. To speak of relevance, as i do in section ii, implies pertinence to some other thing. In a widely circulated essay which will surely boost the sales of his soontobepublished book, debray paints a personally and politically damning portrait of the famed guerrilla of whom he was. Regis debray and mediation studies, or how does an idea become a material force. The importance of regis debray in relation to the latin american revolution stems from several things. Situated at the crossroads of philosophy, theology, anthropology, archaeology, history, sociology, political sciences, semiotics, media and cultural studies, mediology is a relatively autonomous discipline that analyses the totality of the processes of mediation that intervene between culture and agency, and transform ideas into a. The cubans had asked debray to prepare a polemic which would synthesize the experiences of the cuban revolution into a military doctrine and political line distinctively suited to latin american conditions.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of regis debray books online. Armed struggle and political struggle in latin america. Jules regis debray 1940 is a french philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. Debray, will involve itself with the concept of the unity of theory and practice, and his peculiar participation in the con. Contact me to know the shipping costs to the domtom for more information. Newsweek on april 20, 1967, regis debray was arrested in bolivia and charged with aiding the guerilla insurrectionists active in that country, who are thought to be led by castros exaide and confidant, ernesto che guevara. Regis debs adventure will end in bolivia voiced by bolivian president barrientos augur poorly for a fair trial. Pdf regis debray and mediation studies, or how does an. Since the cuban revolution and since the invasion of santo domingo a state of emergency has existed in latin america. The marxism of regis debray as we go to press, regis debray is about to stand trial in bolivia.
Conversations with allende, and revolution in the revolution. Revolution in the revolution armed struggle and political struggle in latin america debray, regis, ortiz, bobbye, elliott, gregory on. Kasneje je postal plodovit pisatelj ter pobudnik in utemeljitelj. The story of his arrest, torture and imprisonment when on a journalistic mission to. Armed struggle and political struggle in latin america book. Text submitted as part of the viva, or dissertation defense, confirming the candidates authority to direct research. Everyone is the child of their own time and the circles they move in. For propaganda reasons, the bourgeoisie little by little inflates. In the late 1960s he was a professor of philosophy at the university of havana in cuba, and became an associate of che guevara in bolivia. Finding libraries that hold this item teachers, writers, celebrities regis debray.
Regis debray, a private student of revolutionary theory and practice, has writ ten a book which. First published in 1967, it became a controversial handbook for guerrilla warfare and revolution, read alongside ches own pamphlets, and remains fully as important as the writings of guevara. Whowould question the fighting heroism of the european proletarians before the im. V sestdesetih letih dvajsetega stoletja je odpotoval v juzno ameriko in navezal stike s che guevaro in fidelom kastrom. First published in 1967, it became a controversial handbook for guerrilla warfare and revolution, read alongside ches own pamphlets, with which it can. Le monde diplomatique, august 1999, p32 we all know that its not enough to found a discipline by inventing a term. Frances decision to sell military hardware to nicaragua. Regis debray redefines communication as the inescapable conditioning of civilizations meanings and messages by their technologies of transmission and lays the groundwork for a science of the transmission of cultural forms in a word, mediology.
In the contemporary words of martin glaberman in speak out, april 1968. He has broken from the rigid confines of european communism, even to the extent of rejecting the communist parties of latin america as the automatic vanguard of the coming revolutions. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the longterm transmission of cultural meaning in human society, and for associating with marxist revolutionary che guevara in bolivia during 1967 and advancing salvador allendes presidency in. Whereas europe once foregrounded the importance of time and writing, america is a civilization of spectacle and kinetics, blind to the tragic complexities of human life. Revolution in the revolution today, his obsession isnt ideology its mediology.