The insufficiency of classical Marxism for the demands of Latin America: Sumak Kawsay, decolonialism and systemic alternatives.

Abstract

This article aims to contextualize the period of theoretical formulation of Marxism and its intrinsic Eurocentrism, both in its nature and in its historical developments, going through the theory of dependence and attempts to readjust the route in the face of colonial reality based on the Peruvian theorist José Carlos Mariátegui. Furthermore, it criticizes its historical reading and its relations of production due to the coloniality of Power. From this, it discusses the need for systemic alternatives, which seek greater coherence with the reality of the endemic peoples of Abya Yala and in diaspora in Ladina America. Finally, this article focuses on the cosmopolitical proposal of “Good Living” (Sumak Kawsay).