New Asian Marxisms

Displaying the particular vitality of the global traditions of Marxism and neomarxism at the beginning of the twenty-first century, New Asian Marxisms collects essays by a range of scholars-including historians, political scientists, literary scholars, and sociologists-who offer a range of studies about the Marxist heritage, with a focus on Korea, Japan, India, and China.While some of the essays discuss key individuals in the history of the Marxist tradition or the continuing need to address outstanding problematics, others examine nationalist literature and discourse in North and South Korea, the "Mao Zedong Fever" of the 1990s, the poetry of Li Dazhao, and the Naxalite movement in India. Stressing the analytical importance of categories such as exploitation, alienation, and violence for any engagement with the politics of knowledge, the contributors confront the fading interest in alternatives to global consumerism by providing accounts of political struggles, cultural resistance, and theoretical strategies.