Contemporary Readings in Marxism

A Critical Introduction
Herausgeber: Kumar, Ravi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 8
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781032364551
• ISBN-10: 1032364556
• Artikelnr.: 64629928

Autorenporträt

Ravi Kumar teaches Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi. He is Associate Editor of Society and Culture in South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

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