Fidel Castro: History, myth and demonology
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Duccio Basosi
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/101 Language Italian
Pages 10 P. 7-16 File size 110 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2017-101002
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The media all over the world met the news of the passing of Fidel Castro, on 25 November 2016, with extremely polarized commentaries on his legacy. This essay argues that historians in the future can contribute to a better understanding of those aspects and episodes of his long career as revolutionary and head of state that have made him such a controversial figure. At the same time, it appears that Fidel Castro fully belonged to the political left of the 20th century, as he constantly emphasized equality as the basis of all emancipation, and collective over individual subjects as far as instances of freedom were concerned. In that sense, polarized commentaries do not reflect misunderstandings about his life as much as diverging opinions on his politics.
Keywords: Fidel Castro, Cuba, Cuban revolution, Communism, Third-worldism
Duccio Basosi, Fidel Castro tra storia, mito e demonologia in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 101/2017, pp 7-16, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2017-101002