Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies

What is the relationship between Marxism and postcolonial thought? Can a revolutionary European ideology be an emancipatory intellectual tool in the post-imperial world? Or, in sites where European thought is often treated with suspicion, does it repeat distrusted legacies and epistemologies? This collection is the first systematic attempt to provide an overview of this collision. An international cast of contributors challenge the elision of Marxist thought in the debate on what the term "postcolonial" actually entails. The volume is essential reading for all engaged in postcolonial and cultural studies.

Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies provides a specifically Marxist intervention into postcolonial and cultural studies.

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Decrying the lack of dialogue between Marxist and postcolonial studies scholars, Bartolovich (English and textual studies, Syracuse U., US) and Lazarus (English and comparative literacy studies, Warwick U., UK) present 13 contributions that, collectively, advocate for a postcolonial studies that is visibly and explicitly Marxist. The essays are organized under headings that are considered by the editors to be the flashpoints of debate between Marxism and postcolonial studies: Eurocentrism, modernity, and theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Crystal Bartolovich is Associate Professor of English and Textual Studies, Syracuse University

Neil Lazarus is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Warwick University, he is the author of Nationalism and Cultural Practice in the Postcolonial World (Cambridge, 1999).