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The Parallel Worlds of Jose Marti

The Parallel Worlds of Jose Marti Page 185 REFLECTIONS The Parallel Worlds of José Martí Paul Giles It might be argued that José Martí sought deliberately to transpose himself into mythological status by his final, self-immolating dash against Spanish troops in the Cuban rebellion of 1895. Certainly the sense of him as a martyr for Cuban independence, what Fidel Castro in 1959 called an “Apostle” of revolutionary freedom, still haunts our view of his achievements today.1 Philip S. Foner’s editions of Martí’s works emphasize his increasing disillusionment toward the end of his life with relationships of “capital and labor in the United States,” with Foner’s selections being arranged to make Martí appear a forerunner of twentieth-century socialism.2 Enrico Mario Santí has also written recently of how Martí “has been co-opted by the ideology of Latinamericanism” in its effort to disseminate a politics of anti-imperialism, while George Lipsitz has commented more specifically on the relevance of Martí for offering “radical alternatives . . . to the terms of hemispheric unity prefigured by the North American Free-Trade Agreement,” dominated as it is by the economic interests of the United States.3 While such readings do usefully highlight particular aspects of Martí’s life and work, they tend also http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radical History Review Duke University Press

The Parallel Worlds of Jose Marti

Radical History Review , Volume 2004 (89) – Apr 1, 2004

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Duke University Press
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Copyright 2004 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc.
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0163-6545
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1534-1453
DOI
10.1215/01636545-2004-89-185
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Page 185 REFLECTIONS The Parallel Worlds of José Martí Paul Giles It might be argued that José Martí sought deliberately to transpose himself into mythological status by his final, self-immolating dash against Spanish troops in the Cuban rebellion of 1895. Certainly the sense of him as a martyr for Cuban independence, what Fidel Castro in 1959 called an “Apostle” of revolutionary freedom, still haunts our view of his achievements today.1 Philip S. Foner’s editions of Martí’s works emphasize his increasing disillusionment toward the end of his life with relationships of “capital and labor in the United States,” with Foner’s selections being arranged to make Martí appear a forerunner of twentieth-century socialism.2 Enrico Mario Santí has also written recently of how Martí “has been co-opted by the ideology of Latinamericanism” in its effort to disseminate a politics of anti-imperialism, while George Lipsitz has commented more specifically on the relevance of Martí for offering “radical alternatives . . . to the terms of hemispheric unity prefigured by the North American Free-Trade Agreement,” dominated as it is by the economic interests of the United States.3 While such readings do usefully highlight particular aspects of Martí’s life and work, they tend also

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