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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
