| Critical Reflections on Economy and Politics in India: A Class Theory Perspective Contributor(s): Das (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004415556 ISBN-13: 9789004415553 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $285.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 672 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Das presents a class-based perspective on the economic and political situation in contemporary India in a globalizing world. It deals with the specificities of India's capitalism and neoliberalism, as well as poverty/inequality, geographically uneven development, technological change, and export-oriented, nature-dependent production. The book also deals with Left-led struggles in the form of the Naxalite/Maoist movement and trade-union strikes, and presents a non-sectarian Left critique of the Left. It also discusses the politics of the Right expressed as fascistic tendencies, and the question of what is to be done. The book applies abstract theoretical ideas to the concrete situation in India, which, in turn, inspires rethinking of theory. Das unabashedly shows the relevance of class theory that takes seriously the matter of oppression/domination of religious minorities and lower castes. |
