Contemporary Readings in Marxism
A Critical Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 2022
Book
Hardback
8 pages
978-1-032-36455-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume straddles between being a compilation of chapters exploring the fundamental conceptual categories within Marxism while engaging with those categories at the same time demonstrating the dynamic ability of the Marxian theoretical paradigm to evolve. Challenging the misinterpretation of Marxian theory as rigid, deterministic and outdated it shows how the concepts used by the framework become relevant tools for understanding and analysing society. Divided across two parts the volume grounds the Marxian concepts in a concrete historico-material context of India.
It will be an important source for any student interested in social theory in general and Marxism in particular.
It will be an important source for any student interested in social theory in general and Marxism in particular.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 8 s/w Zeichnungen
8 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
613 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-36455-1 (9781032364551)
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Person
Ravi Kumar teaches Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi. He is Associate Editor of Society and Culture in South Asia.
Content
Introduction: Marxism: On the Relevance of the Theory and the Need for Engagement MARXISM AND CAPITALISM 1. Historical Materialism: A Critical Assessment 2. Post-Classical Marxian Critique of Political Economy 3. Commodity Value Money and Capital 4. What is Capitalism? Capital: Another Reading 5. Land in Marxian Theory 6. Primitive Accumulation: Concepts and Debates 7. Theorizing the Capitalist State 8. Marxian Theories of Crises 9. Marxism and the Question of Culture 10. Twenty-First Century Socialism and a Theory of Practice MARXISM AND THE INDIAN CONTEXT 11. The Agrarian Question in India 12. Development of Capitalism in India 13. Concept of Caste and Practices of Jati: Exploring Roots of Incomparability 14. Understanding Caste