Murzban Jal

The Magical Lantern (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on the Phantasmagoria of Indian Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000798265
• Artikelnr.: 65658504

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Image as Phantasmagoria 1. The Magical Lantern: 'Outside the
Worthless Commodity' 2. Who Wants Liberalism? 3. The Indian left and the
Indian National Congress Party: What is to be Done? 4. The Phantasmagoria
of Confidence: The Tragi-comedy of Indian Liberal Democracy 5. Naxalbari
and the Specters of Marx: A Contemporary Reflection on the Maoist Movement
in India 6. Minding Marx's Mind: A Philosophical Reflection on the 'Mind'
Question. Part I 7. Minding Marx's Mind: A Philosophical Reflection on the
'Mind' Question. Part II