Presents the very first amalgamation of two key and related areas of study: Marxism and Post-Colonialism
Provides a close reading of Marx based on sources, notes, and references
Avoids the usual doctrinaire controversies surrounding Marx's works and focuses on what has been relevant for the postcolonial context, which the book argues is a global context

Autorentext

Ranabir Samaddar is Distinguished Chair of the Calcutta Research Group, IN, and belongs to the school of critical thinking. He has pioneered peace studies programmes in South Asia. He has worked extensively on issues of justice and rights in the context of conflicts in South Asia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Postcolonial Condition as a Strategic Concept for Critiquing this World.- 2. The Post-colonial Predicament.- 3. Post-Colonial Dynamics of Accumulation.- 4. Living Labour I: Transit Labour, Living Labour and the Labour of Life.- 5. Living Labour II: Logistics, Migration, and Labour in the Postcolony.- 6. Theories of Postcolonial Economy.- 7. The Problematic of Dual Power.- 8. The Problematic of People.- 9. The Fragmented Subject and a Theory of Leadership.- 10. Rebuilding the Theory of Crisis as a Postcolonial Task.