Karl Marx and the Postcolonial Age

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This book seeks to explicitly engage Marxist and post-colonial theory to place Marxism in the context of the post-colonial age. Those who study Marx, particularly in the West, often lack an understanding of post-colonial realities; conversely, however, those who fashion post-colonial theory often have an inadequate understanding of Marx. Many think that Marx is not relevant to critique postcolonial realities and the legacy of Marx seldom reaches the post-colonial countries directly. This work will read Marx in the contemporary post-colonial condition and elaborate the current dynamics of post-colonial capitalism. It does this by analysing contemporary post-colonial history and politics in the framework of inter-relations between the three categories of class, people, and postcolonial transformation. Examining the structure of power in postcolonial countries and revisiting the revolutionary theory of dual power in that context, it appreciates and explains the transformative potentialities of Marx in relation to post-colonial condition. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: The Postcolonial Condition as a Strategic Concept for Critiquing This World (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 1-30 The Postcolonial Predicament (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 31-57 Postcolonial Dynamics of Accumulation (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 59-87 Living Labour I: Reproduction of Life and Labour (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 89-115 Living Labour II: Logistics, Migration, and Labour (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 117-144 Theories of Postcolonial Economy (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 145-174 The Problematic of Dual Power (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 175-202 The Problematic of People (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 203-232 The Fragmented Subject and a Theory of Leadership (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 233-260 Rebuilding the Theory of Crisis as a Postcolonial Task (Ranabir Samaddar)....Pages 261-290 Back Matter ....Pages 291-319