ISBN:
9789004444232
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 132 Seiten
Series Statement:
Historical materialism book series Volume 223
Series Statement:
Historical materialism book series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Amel, Mahdi Arab Marxism and National Liberation: Selected Writings
DDC:
320.53/2309174927
Keywords:
Communism
;
Civilization, Arab
;
Arab countries Politics and government
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"Mahdi Amel (1936-87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. This collection brings for the first time to an English audience lengthy excerpts from six major works by Amel. These include the two founding texts on colonialism and underdevelopment in which Amel began to grapple with the question of dependency, his treatise on sectarianism and the state, his critique of Edward Said's analysis of Marx, his exposure of emerging Islamised bourgeois trends of thought as part of a broader critique of everyday thought, and his reflection on cultural heritage as perceived by Arab bourgeoisie. Amel's writings serve as a reminder of the need to renew Marxist thought based on the concrete and particular social realities of today"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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