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A cutting-edge exploration of how Marx's ideas have been adopted and adapted by revolutionary thinkers in the Global South. For much of the twentieth century, the ideas of Karl Marx provided the backbone for social justice around the world. But today the legacy of Marxism is contested, with some seeing it as Eurocentric and irrelevant to the wider global struggle. In Global Marxism, Simin Fadaee argues that Marxism remains a living tradition and the cornerstone of revolutionary theory and practice in the Global South. She explores the lives, ideas and legacies of a group of revolutionaries who played an exceptional role in contributing to counter-hegemonic change. Figures such as Ho Chi Minh, Kwame Nkrumah, Ali Shariati and Subcomandante Marcos did not simply accept the version of Marxism that was given to them â they adapted it to local conditions and contexts. In doing this they demonstrated that Marxism is not a rigid set of propositions but an evolving force whose transformative potential remains enormous. This global Marxism has much to teach us in the never-ending task of grasping the changing historical conditions of capitalism and the complex world in which we live.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: rethinking Marxismâs revolutionary potential
- 1 Jawaharlal Nehru: a living force in the tremulous world
- 2 Há» ChĂ Minh: always truly uncle
- 3 Mao Zedong: a virtual god
- 4 Kwame Nkrumah: a political prophet ahead of his time
- 5 AmĂlcar Cabral: a charismatic visionary leader
- 6 Frantz Fanon: the Marx of the Third World
- 7 Ernesto Che Guevara: the model of a revolutionary man
- 8 Ali Shariati: an international fighter
- 9 Subcomandante Marcos: a guerrilla with a difference
- Conclusion: whatever happened to global Marxism?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index