Marxism and Decolonization in the 21st Century: Living Theories and True Ideas (Worlding Beyond the West)

__Marxism and Decolonization in the 21st Century__ is a ground-breaking work that highlights the resurgence and insurgence of Marxism and decolonization, and the ways in which decolonization and decoloniality are grounded in the contributions of Black Marxism, the Radical Black tradition, and anti-colonial liberation traditions. Featuring leading and young scholars and activists, this book is a practical scholarly intervention that shows how democratic Marxism and decoloniality might converge to provoke planetary decolonization in the 21st century. At the centre of this process, enabled by both increasing human entanglements and the resilience of racism, the volume's contributors analyse converging forces of anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, anti-patriarchy, anti-sexism, Indigenous People’s movements, eco-feminist formations, and intellectual movements levelled against Eurocentrism. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and intellectuals interested in Marxism, decolonization, and transnational activism. Cover Endorsement Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Notes on Contributors The Global Contributions of Black Decolonial Marxism— A Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: Marxism and Decolonization in the 21st Century Marxism as a Planetary Vision of Liberation Aimé Césaire and his Critique of European Marxism Abdel Khaliq Mahgoub in Defence of Marxism for African National Liberation Amilcar Cabral and the Indigenization of Marxism for African National Liberation Walter Rodney on the Relevance of Marxism to Africa The Decolonial Turn as a Planetary Liberatory Vision Organization of the Book Marxist and Decolonial Theories Marxist and Decolonial Praxis Empirical Interventions: Race, Gender, Class, Culture, and Land Concluding Remarks References Part I Marxist and Decolonial Theories 2 The Philosophy of Liberation: Troubling the Marxism of the 21st Century in Africa Introduction The Agony of the Philosophy of Liberation in Africa Decolonising Marxism in Africa Conclusion References 3 The Limits of Postcolonial Critique of Marxism: A Defence of Radical Universalism Introduction Marxism and the Non-Western World Can Universal Categories Explain Social Difference? Postcolonialism: An Intellectual History Philosophical Issues Postcolonialism: An Assessment Said, Chakrabarty and Chatterjee: Positive Arguments Assessed The Fetish of the West and the Inversion of Eurocentrism Concluding Thoughts Note References 4 From Karl Marx to Kwame Nkrumah: Towards a Decolonial Political Economy Introduction Standpoint Marxism, Living Labor: in Conversation With marx and Nkrumah Karl Marx And/in Europe Kwame Nkrumah and Traveling Theory Pan-African Development as a Way Forward? What Does Nkrumah Mean Today? References 5 Triple Internationalism: Imperialism, Marxism, and Decolonization Introduction Matter/Mind/Ontology/Reality Imperial/Colonial/Liberal Bourgeois-Inspired Internationalism of White Supremacy Marxist Socialist Internationalism: a Tribute to Samir Amin The Decolonization of Internationalism Conclusions: Towards the Construction of the Pluriverse References 6 Marxist Theory, Decoloniality, and Black African Subjectivity Introduction The Challenge of Beginnings Placing Africa at the Centre of Theory Searching for a Decolonial Marxist Politics The Uneasy Dialogues: Postcolonial and Marxism, Postcolonialism and Decolonial Theory The Black African Subject as ‘the Human’ and the ‘Envisioned Self’ Conclusion References 7 Convergence and Divergence of marxism and Decolonisation of the 21st Century Introduction Subaltern Studies Versus Marxism: Summary of the Debate Critique of Chibber on History 1 and History 2 Wolpe’s Theory of the Articulation of Mode of Production Colonial Capitalism and the Assault on African Cultural Subjectivity Critique of Decolonisation Integrated Conception of Marxism and Decolonisation South African Case Conclusion Notes References Part II Marxist and Decolonial Praxis 8 Black Marxism and Liberatory Praxis: The Contributions of Black Marxists to Decolonization Thought Introduction Rationale Scope, Aims and Outline Section 1. The Theoretical Underpinnings of Black Marxism Approaching Theory as Historiography Decolonization and Black Radicalism Section 2. Self-Determination, Africanism and Marxism Self-determination and the Negro Question in America Africanism and Marxism in the Azanian Liberation Tradition Communism in South Africa and the Communist Party Conclusion Notes References 9 The Constraints for Marxism and African Revolutions: Breaking Bread With Ayi Kwei Armah Introduction: Who is Ayi Kwei Armah? The Universalism of Marxism as Problematic Western Hegemonism and Marxism Marxist Epistemology and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Marxism and Epistemic Injustice Marxism and An Oblique View of History Marxism, Peasants and Proletarians: a Blind Spot Marxism and Its Own Liberal Virus Concluding Remarks References 10 Ante-Marx(ism): Biko, Conquest, and Azania References 11 Biographical Comparative Analysis of Black Power and Black Consciousness Activists : Onkgopotse and Stokely Childhood Political Influences in Their Childhood University Speech Analysis Enter Pan-Africanism and Decolonization Marxism and Blackness Legacy Conclusion References 12 Racial Capitalism: Marxism and Decolonial Politics Introduction Methodological Considerations and Racial Capitalism Racial Capitalism and Social Differentiation The Political Economy Structure of Racial Capitalism Marxism, Racial Capitalism and Decolonial Movements Decolonial Political Economy Conclusion References 13 Is Marxism Clad in Eurocentric Garb? A Decolonial Political Economy of the Media Introduction: Unlearning of Mediation Understanding the Media A Marxist Genealogy: the Critical Political Economy of the Media Decoloniality and the Critical Political Economy of the Media: Intertwinement and Interruptions References Part III Empirical Interventions: Race, Gender, Class, Culture, and Land 14 Marxism in Decoloniality: A Non-Reductionist Approach to Colonial Non-Reductionist-Wounded-Ness in the 21st Century Introduction The Colonial System as the Elephant in the Room The Idea of Cultural Villages PheZulu Safari Park Cultural Village: a Sign of Colonial Wounded-Ness The Degrading Image of Poor ‘Witchdoctors’ and ‘Nude’ Female Black Bodies Conclusion Note References 15 ‘For What the First Sight Misses Is the Invisible’: Decolonial Feminism and the Representation of Women in Dalit Women’s Writing Introduction The Colonial Context Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial India Dalit Women and the Modern Gender System in Postcolonial India Politics of Representation of Dalit Women in Marxist and Mainstream Feminist Discourses ‘A Room of Their Own’: Representing Dalit Women and Their Praxis of Decolonial Feminism Through ‘testimonios’ Visibilising the Triply Invisible: Tracing the Trajectory of Decolonial Dalit Feminism in Urmila Pawar’s Aaydan (2003) Identity Comes of Age: Unlearning Privilege, Relearning Dalitness in Yashica Dutt’s ‘when I “came Out” as Dalit’ (2016) Notes References 16 ‘Cargo-Cultism’ vs. ‘Everyday Decoloniality’ in ‘Cargo-Cultism’-21st-Century India: Reflections on Multiracial Decolonial Practices of the Anglo–Indians Introduction: What is Cargo-Cultism? Colonial Icons and Postcolonial Victims: the Anglo-Indians in India Cargo-cult Worship: Mimicking the Colonial Mooluks Everyday Resistance and Decoloniality: Building Gateways for Multicultural and Multiracial Practices Conclusion: Towards a Collaborative Zone of Every Being Notes References 17 Economic Policy-Making and Gender in Policy-Making-21st-Century South Africa: A Marxist Feminist Look Into Policy Introduction South African Macro-Economic Policy Marxist Feminism and Feminist Economists’ Arguments Impact on South African Women Through a Marxist Feminist Lens The Case of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa Conclusion References 18 Karl Marx Is Long Dead; long Live Karl Marx: Zimbabwe’s Fast-Tracked Land Reform Viewed Through Marxist Lenses Introduction Social/Sociological Theory, Marxism and Variants of Neo-Marxian Theory Situating Zimbabwe’s Land Reforms in Marxism Base and Superstructure Land as Core Factor of Production Class in Capitalist Society Labour and Labour Process Exploitation/Extraction of Surplus Value Alienation The Relationship Between the Bourgeoisie and Government Mode of Production and Social Change Conclusion References 19 Marxism, Decoloniality, and the Plight of Mineworkers in South Africa Introduction Developing a Marxist-Decolonial Research Methodology The Limits of Marxism The Development of a Marxist-Inspired Decolonial Theory The Coloniality of Knowledge The Meaning of Being a Mineworker in South Africa Black Mineworkers and Racial Capitalism Conclusion References Postscript Note References Index "Marxism and Decolonization in the 21st Century is a ground-breaking work that highlights the resurgence and insurgence of Marxism and decolonization, and the ways in which decolonization and decoloniality are grounded in the contributions of Black Marxism, the radical black tradition, and anti-colonial liberation traditions. Featuring leading and young scholars and activists, this book is a practical scholarly intervention that shows how democratic Marxism and decoloniality might converge to provoke planetary decolonization in the 21st century. At the center of this process, enabled by both increasing human entanglements and the resilience of racism, the volume's contributors analyze converging forces of anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, anti-patriarchy, anti-sexism, indigenous people's movements, eco-feminist formations, and intellectual movements levelled against Eurocentrism. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and intellectuals interested in Marxism, decolonization, and transnational activism"-- Provided by publisher