PLURALISM AND VANGUARDISM IN THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION

In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 17, Heft 66, S. 10-37

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THAT THE CONCEPTS OF PLURALISM AND OF THE VANGUARD HAVE BEEN SYNTHESIZED IN NICARARGUAN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN A MANNER THAT DOES VIOLENCE TO NEITHER OF THEM. FURTHER, IT HOPES TO SHOW THAT SUCH A SYNTHESIS CAN YIELD VALUABLE THEORETICAL INSIGHTS WHICH CAN GO BEYOND THE PARTICULAR CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY NICARAGUA, THE DYNAMISM OF CONTEMPORARY NICARAGAUN LIFE IS PARTIALLY DERIVATIVE OF THE COMBNATION IN PRACTICE OF TWO APPARTENTLY CONDICTORY NOTIONS. THIS EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATES THAT A CREATIVE APPROACH TO THE COMBINATION OF OLD POLITICAL IDEAS CAN YIELD PRACTICAL REALITIES THAT GO BEYOND OLD EXPECTATIONS.