Marxism and decolonization in the 21st century: living theories and true ideas

"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"--

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?.