Marx, Marxism and the Question of Eurocentrism E-Book

Kolja Lindner

• Herausgeber: Springer International Publishing
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

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.