Murzban Jal

Gebundenes Buch

The Magical Lantern

Essays on the Phantasmagoria of Indian Politics

Beschreibung

This book is a collection of essays on Marxist philosophy. It is based on philosophical reflection on Marx's idea of phantasmagoria as the "magical lantern" that creates eerie images, an idea that is central to Marx's theory of modern capitalist societies. Chapters were originally published in Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory.

Autor

Murzban Jal is author of The Seductions of Karl Marx, (ed.) Zoroastrianism: from Antiquity to the Modern Period, The New Militants, Why We Are Not Hindus, (ed. with Zaheer Ali) What Ails Indian Muslims, (ed.) Challenges for the Indian Left, In the Name of Marx, Zarathushtra and the Inmates of Paradise, Yusuf and Zuleika: The Return of the Despot,The Prison House of Alienation, (ed. with Jyoti Bawane) Theory and Praxis: Reflections on the Colonization of Knowledge, Legacy of Karl Marx, Essays on Marxism and Asia, (ed. with Jyoti Bawane and Muzaffar Ali) The Imbecile's Guide to Public Philosophy, (ed.) Rethinking Caste and Resistance in India and Statues of Clay.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 497g
• ISBN-13: 9781032366548
• ISBN-10: 1032366540
• Artikelnr.: 65611969