Author: E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Publisher: LeftWord
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 239
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788187496922
Description
The present volume puts together his essays spanning six decades, from 1937 to 1996. Included in the volume are classic essays such as ‘The Question of Land Tenure in Malabar’, ‘A Short History of the Peasant Movement in Kerala’, ‘Caste Conflict versus Growing Unity of Popular Democratic Forces’, ‘Marxism, Leninism and Bourgeois Judiciary’, ‘Adi Shankara and his Philosophy: A Marxist View’, ‘The Class Character of the Nineteenth Century Renaissance in India’ and ‘The Marxist Theory of Ground Rent: Relevance to the Study of the Agrarian Question in India’.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Introduction
On Historical Materialism
Marx, the Asiatic Mode and the Study of Indian History
Adi Sankara and his Philosophy: A Marxist View
Classes and Class Struggle in Indian History
The Class Character of the Nineteenth Century
Renaissance in India
Class Character of the Nationalist Movement
The Indian National Question: Need for a Deeper Study
Castes, Classes and Parties in Modern Political Development
Once Again on Castes and Classes
Caste Conflicts vs. Growing Unity of Popular Democratic Forces
The Marxist Theory of Ground Rent: Relevance to the
Study of Agrarian Question in India
The Question of Land Tenure in Malabar
A Short History of the Peasant Movement in Kerala
Marxism-Leninism and the Bourgeois Judiciary
Talking about Kerala: A Conversation with
E.M.S. Namboodiripad by V.K. Ramachandran