Marxism, modernity, and postcolonial studies

Contributor(s): Crystal Bartolovich (Editor) | Neil Lazarus (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: x, 290 pISBN: 9780521890595 ; 0521890594Subject(s): Communism and society | Postmodernism -- Social aspects | Post-colonialismDDC classification: 325.3
Contents:
Marxism, modernity, and postcolonial studies / Crystal Bartolovich -- Rise of East Asia and the withering away of the interstate system / Giovanni Arrighi -- Fetish of "the West" in postcolonial theory / Neil Lazarus -- Eurocentric Marx and Engels and other related myths / August Nimtz -- Karl Marx, Eurocentrism, and the 1857 Revolt in British India / Pranav Jani -- Misplaced ideas? Locating and dislocating Ireland in colonial and postcolonial studies / Joe Cleary -- Liberation theory : variations on themes of Marxism and modernity / Benita Parry -- Sex, space, and modernity in the work of Rashid Jahan, "Angareywali" / Priyamvada Gopal -- Was there time before race? Capitalist modernity and the origins of racism / Helen Scott -- Postcolonial studies between the European wars : an intellectual history / Timothy Brennan -- Marxism, postcolonialism, and The eighteenth brumaire / Neil Larsen -- Postcolonialism and the problematic of uneven development / E. San Juan, Jr. -- Adorno, authenticity, critique / Keya Ganguly.
Summary: By giving substantial attention to issues such as globalisation, racism, and modernity, Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies provides a specifically Marxist intervention into postcolonial and cultural studies. An international team of contributors locate a common ground of issues engaging Marxist and postcolonial critics alike.
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Marxism, modernity, and postcolonial studies / Crystal Bartolovich --
Rise of East Asia and the withering away of the interstate system / Giovanni Arrighi --
Fetish of "the West" in postcolonial theory / Neil Lazarus --
Eurocentric Marx and Engels and other related myths / August Nimtz --
Karl Marx, Eurocentrism, and the 1857 Revolt in British India / Pranav Jani --
Misplaced ideas? Locating and dislocating Ireland in colonial and postcolonial studies / Joe Cleary --
Liberation theory : variations on themes of Marxism and modernity / Benita Parry --
Sex, space, and modernity in the work of Rashid Jahan, "Angareywali" / Priyamvada Gopal --
Was there time before race? Capitalist modernity and the origins of racism / Helen Scott --
Postcolonial studies between the European wars : an intellectual history / Timothy Brennan --
Marxism, postcolonialism, and The eighteenth brumaire / Neil Larsen --
Postcolonialism and the problematic of uneven development / E. San Juan, Jr. --
Adorno, authenticity, critique / Keya Ganguly.

By giving substantial attention to issues such as globalisation, racism, and modernity, Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies provides a specifically Marxist intervention into postcolonial and cultural studies. An international team of contributors locate a common ground of issues engaging Marxist and postcolonial critics alike.

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