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Transition and Development in India.
According to Nehru, the transition from a backward agricultural society to a modern industrialized society was the only road for India to progress. So, for the past few decades, India has focused its transitional development around movement away from a state-controlled economy toward that of a free...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Redrawing the Boundary of Transition and Development in India: A Prelude to an Anti-Essentialist Conceptualization of Transition and Development; The Evolution of the Idea of Transition and Development in Marx and Engels; The Theory of Historical Materialism; Historical Materialism and Post-Marx Theories of Transition and Development; The Imperialist Theories of Transition; The Underdevelopment Theories of Transition; The Anti-Underdevelopment Theories of Transition.
- A Postmortem on the Essentialist Thematic of Western MetaphysicsThe Marxist Interventions in the Anti-Essentialist Critiques; The Twisted Face of History and the Question of Transition and Development; The Trajectory of This Book; Chapter 2. Confronting the Indian Modes of Production Debate: An Unhappy Encounter of a Third Kind; The Initial Debate: Defining the Capitalist Mode of Production; The Dominance of Empiricist and Rationalist Procedure; Paresh Chattopadhyay versus Utsa Patnaik; Weaknesses in Chattopadhyay's Framework; Semifeudalism versus Capitalism.
- Defining Capitalism and SemifeudalismA Critique of the Semifeudal Definition of Capitalism; The Controversy over the Features of Semifeudalism; Forced Commercialization and Primitive Capital Accumulation; Critique; The Debate on Agricultural Stagnation; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Class and the Question of Transition: Redrawing the Contour of Marxism in India; Patnaik's Concept of Class And the Effect of Class Differentiation on the Transition Process; Bhaduri's Concept of Class and the Effect of Class Differentiation on the Transition Process.
- Classes in India and the Process of Class Differentiation on the Transition ProcessRudra's Theory of Class and its Role in the Transition Period; Classes in India and their Role in the Transition of Indian Society; A Critical Look at the Concept of Class and Its Surroundings; Class as Subject and Class as Interest: Some Doubts; The Invisible Nature of Class "Processes"; The Problem of the Reductionism in Class Analysis; The Differences in the Meaning of Class Differentiation; The Peasantry as Backward People; The Problem of Subjectivity, False Consciousness, and the Working Class.
- The Metaphysical Basis of the "Working Class"Class Formation and the Illusion of False Consciousness; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Transition and Development: A Marxian Critique of Subaltern Studies; The Elitist Historiography versus Subaltern Historiography; Economic Essentialism versus Power Essentialism; Subaltern Consciousness as Pure Consciousness; Peasant Consciousness as a Subaltern Consciousness; Caste Consciousness and the Subaltern Consciousness; Problems with the Subaltern Studies Approach to the Peasantry and Its Consciousness; 1. The Problem of the "Peasant Class."