This book mediates between postcolonial positions that criticize Marxist approaches (and Marx's writings) for their Eurocentrism and defenders of Marx, who claim that this accusation is a myth. In different contributions to this volume, Kolja Lindner pleads for a differentiated assessment of the whole of Marx's work, including less known manuscripts, and a theoretical reconstruction of various elements that have come into the focus of postcolonial critique: ethnocentrism, Orientalism, false universalism and the oblivion of modernity's global entanglement. Against this background, two opportunities simultaneously arise: Marx's Eurocentrism can be deconstructed and his growing awareness of global developments and cosmopolitan struggles established.

Provides the "missing link" between postcolonialism and studies of Marx Offers a comprehensive overview on Marx's engagement with non-European societies Concludes with a "roundtable" discussion chapter that includes historians, political scientists and philosophers

Autorentext

Kolja Lindner is Lecturer in the Departments of German Studies and Political Science, University Paris 8, France.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Marx's Eurocentrism: Postcolonial Studies and Marx Scholarship.- Chapter 2. Kolja Lindner & Urs Lindner: How Marx Got Rid of Historical Materialism.- Chapter 3. Late Marx beyond Marxism: Contingency, Critique of Domination and Radical Democracy.- Chapter 4. Global Challenges: Marxism, Eurocentrism and Pluralism in the 21st Century.- Chapter 5. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Marx: Vivek Chibber's Marxism.- Chapter 6. Marx, Universalism, and the Global South: A Discussion Between Andrea Komlosy, Elena Louisa Lange, Kolja Lindner, Matthias Middell, and Aditya Nigam.