Contemporary Readings in Marxism: A Critical Introduction

by Ravi Kumar (Editor)

Overview

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 Challenging the misinterpretation of Marxian theory as rigid, deterministic and outdated it shows how the concepts used by the framework become relevant tools for understanding and analysing society.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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032364551
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/06/2022
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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