Marx, Marxism and the question of Eurocentrism

• Verfasst von: Lindner, Kolja [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Marx, Marxism and the question of Eurocentrism
• Verf.angabe: Kolja Lindner
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: xxiii, 168 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
• Fussnoten: Literaturangaben
• ISBN: 978-3-030-81825-8
• Schlagwörter: (p)Marx, Karl / (s)Eurozentrismus
• Schlagwörter: (s)Eurozentrismus / (s)Marxismus / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: MC 8100
• RVK-Notation: MS 4715
• RVK-Notation: MK 2700
• K10plus-PPN: 1818174782

Abstract

Intro -- Titles Published -- Titles Forthcoming -- Introduction -- References -- Contents -- Marx's Eurocentrism: Postcolonial Studies and Marx Scholarship -- 1 The Concept of Eurocentrism -- 2 Marx's 1853 Essays on India -- 3 Marx's Eurocentric Sources: François Bernier -- 4 India vs. Ireland: The Beginnings of Marx's Turn from Eurocentrism -- 5 Orientalist Themes in Marx's Critique of Political Economy -- 6 The Accelerating Turn from Eurocentrism in Marx's Late Work -- 6.1 Marx's Excerpts from 1879 On -- 6.2 Marx's Exchanges with Revolutionary Movements in Russia -- 7 Marx Studies and Postcolonialism-Shaken, Not Stirred -- References -- Kolja Lindner and Urs Lindner: How Marx Got Rid of Historical Materialism -- 1 Historical Materialism in Marx's Work -- 1.1 What Is Historical Materialism? -- 1.2 The Development of Marx's Work -- 2 The Problems of Historical Materialism -- 2.1 Functionalist Teleology -- 2.2 Anti-Ethics -- 2.3 Eurocentrism -- 3 The Overcoming of Historical Materialism -- 3.1 Historical Social Science -- 3.2 Ethics Beyond Theodicy -- 3.3 Cosmopolitan Communism -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Late Marx Beyond Marxism: Contingency, Critique of Domination and Radical Democracy -- 1 History and Progress -- 2 Forms of Domination -- 3 Radical Democracy -- 4 Sources of Marx's Thought -- References -- Global Challenges: Marxism, Eurocentrism and Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century -- 1 Eurocentrism in Marx's Work -- 2 Disarticulation of Challenges from Postcolonialism and Global History -- 2.1 Sources -- 2.2 The Concept of Historical Progress -- 2.3 Entanglement -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Marx: Vivek Chibber's Marxism -- 1 Which Postcolonialism? -- 2 Capitalism's Universalizing Drive -- 2.1 No Conventional Story? -- 2.2 Dominance Without Hegemony -- 2.3 Labour Under Global Capitalism

Abstract

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