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Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and the articulations between socialism and democracy

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Abstract

The article presents the contributions of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, considered one of the great exponents of Latin American Marxism, regarding the complex relationship between socialism and democracy. For this, initially his life, work and militancy are presented with the purpose of, on the one hand, presenting the work of the philosopher, and on the other hand, to be able to situate his reflections on the subject. Subsequently, the reflections of Sánchez Vázquez are analyzed from three problematic nuclei: first, the criticisms of real socialism and bourgeois liberal democracy; second, the reflections taken up by Karl Marx on democracy; and third, the reflections of the Spanish-Mexican philosopher himself on the urgent link within the Latin American left of socialism and democracy.

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Socialism, Democracy, Latin American Marxism, Adolfo Sánchez Vásquez