Marx, Marxism and the question of eurocentrism / Kolja Lindner

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-3-030-81822-7

ISBN : 3-030-81822-5

EAN : 9783030818227

Marx -- Karl -- 1818-1883 -- philosophe -- économiste -- Thèmes, motifs

Eurocentrisme -- Marxisme

Postcolonialisme -- Marxisme

Classification Dewey : 335.4092

Collection : Marx, Engels, and Marxisms / series editors Marcello Musto,... Terrell Carver,... / Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014-

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