Book review

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.13169/intejcubastud.12.2.0351
• Published date: 01 December 2020
• Date: 01 December 2020
• Pages: 351-354
• Author: Marcos Antonio da Silva,Gabriel Dourado Rocha

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BOOK REVIEWS

Suárez Salazar, Luis (coordinador), Cuba en Revolución: miradas en torno

a su sessenta aniversario (Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2019), hbk 289 pp. ISBN

978-987-722-435-11

Reviewed by Marcos Antonio da Silva2 and Gabriel Dourado Rocha3

The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was marked by numerous celebra-

tions and events around the planet, demonstrating its importance and transcend-

ence, and especially by numerous debates, reflections and analyses that sought to

discuss the meaning, dynamics and current challenges that mark this process.

These reflections sought to deepen various elements of the Cuban revolution-

ary process considering, among others, two fundamental aspects. On the one

hand, they sought to understand the nature and development of such a process,

incorporating historical elements that allow us to observe its impacts, contradic-

tions and limits in the most diverse dimensions of contemporary Cuban society

(art, politics, economics, culture, education). On the other hand, the debates

sought to discuss the current situation of Cuban socialism, seeking to under-

stand its specific characteristics, its transformations and, especially, its current

conditions and challenges for the maintenance of revolutionary ideals.

In spite of its worldwide breadth, such a debate, while considering various

perspectives, has not always, for countless reasons, involved the presence of

visions and voices of Cuban intellectuals. This work fills an important gap

because it was coordinated by Luis Suárez Salazar, one of the most important

contemporary Cuban intellectuals. It presents the work of eight well-known

Cuban authors, plus that of three Latin American authors who have a deep

understanding of the Island and its current reality.

In addition, the work was published by the Latin American Council of

Social Sciences (CLACSO), which has sought to boost and disseminate Latin

1 Available at: http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/clacso/se/20191017033409/Cuba_en_rev-

olucion.pdf.

2 Marcos Antonio da Silva a teacher of the Postgraduate Program in Sociology (PPGS)

and the Social Sciences Course at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD).

3 Gabriel Dourado Rocha is a Master’s student of the Graduate Programme in

Anthropology (PPGANT) at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD).