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ABSTRACT
The seminal contributions of the esteemed Italian Marxist scholar, Domenico Losurdo, have significantly enriched the theoretical and methodological landscape surrounding the study and practical application of historical-dialectical materialism. This article elucidates Losurdo’s principal perspectives on the intricate challenges inherent in the construction of socialist societies. In stark departure from prevalent Western Marxist paradigms, Losurdo’s analyses of revolutionary historical praxes are imbued with a rigorous self-critical lens, eschewing adherence to revisionist or liquidationist doctrines that characterized the prevalent trend of anti-communist pseudo-Marxism fashionable within some academic circles. This discourse systematically unpacks the salient themes of this intellectual inquiry, meticulously assessing Losurdo’s oeuvre as a distinctive and invaluable contribution to the nuanced exploration of the complexities and prospects entailed in the development of authentic socialist experiences.
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Diego Pautasso
Diego Pautasso is currently a professor of geography at the Military College of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in Political Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He is the author of the book China and Russia in the Cold War and several articles on regional-national development and international insertion of emerging countries.
Tiago Soares Nogara
Tiago Soares Nogara is currently affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University, China. His research areas cover Marxist theory, Latin American politics, and China-Latin America relations, with numerous publications in political science, sociology, and international relations journals.