Contemporary Readings in Marxism: A Critical Introduction

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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 Challenging the misinterpretation of Marxian theory as rigid, deterministic and outdated it shows how the concepts used by the framework become relevant tools for understanding and analysing society.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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction Marxism: On the Relevance of the Theory and the Need for Engagement Marxism and Capitalism Chapter 1: Historical Materialism: A Critical Assessment Chapter 2: Post-Classical Marxian Critique of Political Economy Chapter 3: Commodity Value Money and Capital Chapter 4: What is Capitalism? Capital: Another Reading Chapter 5: Land in Marxian Theory Chapter 6: Primitive Accumulation: Concepts and Debates Chapter 7: Theorizing the Capitalist State Chapter 8: Marxian Theories of Crises Chapter 9: Marxism and the Question of Culture Chapter 10: Twenty-First Century Socialism and a Theory of Practice Marxism and the Indian Context Chapter 11: The Agrarian Question in India Chapter 12: Development of Capitalism in India Chapter 13: Concept of Caste and Practices of Jati: Exploring Roots of Incomparability Chapter 14: Understanding Caste List of Contributors