Contemporary Readings in Marxism - A Critical Introduction

List 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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ravi Kumar
• Assisted by: Ravi Kumar (Editor), Kumar Ravi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032364551
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236455-1
• No. of pages: 8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Society and culture: general