Samuel Farber

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Samuel Farber (* 1939 in Havana ) is a Cuban American political scientist and sociologist .

Life

Farber grew up in Marianao , a district of the capital Havana, as the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants who had lived in Cuba since the 1920s. In the 1950s, he took part in the protests of secondary school students against dictator Batista . Since that time he has been involved in socialist politics. Today he is a member of the Trotskyist International Socialist Organization . He regularly publishes articles for the International Socialist Review . He also frequently publishes articles on Cuba on the bilingual Havana Times Internet platform .

In 1958 Farber emigrated to the USA . In the course of his studies in sociology, he obtained a BA from the University of Chicago , then an MA from the London School of Economics and Political Science and finally a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley . He taught in numerous colleges and universities , including for eight years at the University of California, Los Angeles . His last position was at Brooklyn College, New York University, where he is now professor emeritus for political science.

Samuel Farber's work focuses on his home country Cuba , the revolution and its consequences. After more than twenty years of absence, he was given the opportunity to visit his homeland again for the first time in December 1979, in the wake of the rapprochement between Presidents Castro and Carter. Among other things, he sharply criticizes the open and covert racism , the disadvantage of the Afro-Cuban population , the discrimination of homosexuals and the government's dealings with the opposition , whereby he welcomes the current liberalization of the economy under Raúl Castro in principle, but at the same time doubts about the socially acceptable implementation expresses.

Works (selection)

Books

  • Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960. Wesleyan University Press, 1976
  • Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy. Polity / Verso, 1990
  • Social Decay and Transformation: View from the Left. Lexington Books, 2000
  • The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered. University of North Carolina Press, 2006
  • Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959. A Critical Assessment. Haymarket Books, 2011
  • The Politics of Che Guevara: Theory and Practice. Haymarket Books, 2016

Articles and essays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Samuel Farber: Going Home to Cuba. In: Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory Vol. 13, Issue 1 from 1982, pp. 138–150 (English)
  2. ^ Richard Feinberg: Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment , Foreign Affairs, January / February 2012
personal data
SURNAME Farber, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban-American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba