marxism
Whatever happened to class?
The decline of class analysis in Southasian studies has followed the decline of Marxism as an intellectual and political force.
Vivek Chibber | Nov 21, 2017
Workers’ yarns
FROM PRINT QUARTERLY: Jeremy Seabrook’s 'Song of the Shirt' paints a partial picture of migrant workers.
Vijay Prashad | Sep 12, 2015
Identity illusions, unclassified categories
Why has this tension grown between class and identity politics?
Aditya Nigam | Jan 21, 2009
The pursuit of the Southasian past
Moving beyond the colonial-era understanding of the history of the Subcontinent gives us a whole new way of looking at the Subcontinent´s past. This now includes not just the usual explorations of politics and economy, …
Romila Thapar | Jul 30, 2008
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