Marxism and the Indian Left
Author : Sumanta Banerjee
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9788192476001
Author : Sumanta Banerjee
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9788192476001
Author : Randhir Singh
Publisher : Aakar Books
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 30,70 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9788189833558
Author : Ravi Shanker Kapoor
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Who are the Indian Leftists? Why are communist leaders like Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Sitaram Yechury considered so important though the Indian Left parties are numerically not very strong in Parliament? Why is it that the most extravagant claims of the Leftists pass off as gospel truth and their kinky theories as well-known facts? Where do the Leftists derive their authority from? More Equal Than Others seeks to answer such questions and analyzes why the influence of the Indian Left is disproportionately greater than its electoral strength. Ravi Shanker Kapoor asserts that a purely political study will not help understand the tremendous intellectual hegemony of the Left; one has to look beyond politics. The author thus delves into art, culture, cinema, literature, academics, and the media to map the pervasive influence the Indian Left wields. He probes into the antics and pranks of aristocratic socialists, elitist Left-libbers, and pinkish teenybopper intellectuals: how they revel in controversies like the ones caused by Hussain's nude Saraswati and the movie Fire; how they manufacture consent and ostracize dissent; and how they collaborate with the Establishment, their professed radicalism notwithstanding. More Equal Than Others is the first critical study of the Indian Left. And while the author's criticism of the Left is scathing, he is equally unsparing of the Indian Right which, he holds, suffers from "downright cerebral poverty".
Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9351183106
In a country plagued by a massive income disparity and widespread corruption, communism is an experiment which cannot lead to worse outcomes than what already exists. It isn't so surprising then that the Marxist ideology and its ideas of equal privilege have attracted a fair amount of traction in India. However, in 2011, when the Communist Party of India lost in Kerala, it took with it the seed of Marxist thought and influence in the country. In The Past and Future of the Indian Left, Ramachandra Guha examines the Marxist ideology and talks about what it means for India by deeming it as a religious doctrine having scriptures and deities, going into the details of how the Communist party of India gained power in the country.
Author : Sanjay Seth
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 1995-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Taking as an example the encounter of Marxism with nationalism in colonial India, explores how the two ideas became inextricably intertwined in much of the colonial world. Critically examines political documents to trace how people devoted to socialism came to see nationalism as the essential feature of the non-west, and how that conception changed Marxism in India and throughout the world. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : K. Seshadri
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Communism
ISBN :
Author : Karl Marx
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Bibekbrata Sarkar
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
This Book Deals With A Crucial Formative Stage Of India`S Political Evolution From Colonial Subjugation To Independence. Covers: The Setting - Non-Cooperation And Beyond - The Radical Thrust - The Marxian Alternative - Facing The Crisis - Concluding Remarks. Clean Copy.
Author : Randhir Singh
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : S. M. Ganguly
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 1984
Category : India
ISBN :