This short paper casts a glance at the recent trends found in contemporary Marxism and highlights... more This short paper casts a glance at the recent trends found in contemporary Marxism and highlights its orientation towards theorization rather than practical implementation of its principles. Some noticeable alterations occurred in recent years which influenced the course of Marxism considerably. The emergence of several newer factors, especially the indistinct existence of class identities has certainly had its impact on the reconsideration of some basic issues. In order to analyse the hypothesis this precise dissertation makes a study of the nature of praxis Marxism in its classical outlook. With a reference to Gramsci's contribution to an apparent confluence of theory and praxis, this discussion moves on towards a study of Laclau and Mouffe's celebrated work on post Marxism.
Dalit poetry since birth, like other excerpts of subaltern writings, entails issues related to ge... more Dalit poetry since birth, like other excerpts of subaltern writings, entails issues related to gender and self representation. Not surprisingly, dalit women are subject to exploitation just like their upper caste counterparts. They are even more marginalised within their own caste as patriarchy has always been ruling the roost. Simultaneously with the main current of progressive writings, though very few, but a considerable number of women poets voice not only dalit struggles, but dalit feminism also. These women poets claim for a distinct, recognisable place, not altogether separate from dalit writings. Their poems necessarily sketch the usual suffering of the low caste people in India's caste-stained social machinery. They speak of, as befitting the canon, the discrimination meted out to the untouchables. Naturally anger, despair, agony, images of captivity and intolerable deprivation form the ground of their poetic outburst. But these poems have another characteristic feature...
This short paper casts a glance at the recent trends found in contemporary Marxism and highlights... more This short paper casts a glance at the recent trends found in contemporary Marxism and highlights its orientation towards theorization rather than practical implementation of its principles. Some noticeable alterations occurred in recent years which influenced the course of Marxism considerably. The emergence of several newer factors, especially the indistinct existence of class identities has certainly had its impact on the reconsideration of some basic issues. In order to analyse the hypothesis this precise dissertation makes a study of the nature of praxis Marxism in its classical outlook. With a reference to Gramsci's contribution to an apparent confluence of theory and praxis, this discussion moves on towards a study of Laclau and Mouffe's celebrated work on post Marxism.
Dalit poetry since birth, like other excerpts of subaltern writings, entails issues related to ge... more Dalit poetry since birth, like other excerpts of subaltern writings, entails issues related to gender and self representation. Not surprisingly, dalit women are subject to exploitation just like their upper caste counterparts. They are even more marginalised within their own caste as patriarchy has always been ruling the roost. Simultaneously with the main current of progressive writings, though very few, but a considerable number of women poets voice not only dalit struggles, but dalit feminism also. These women poets claim for a distinct, recognisable place, not altogether separate from dalit writings. Their poems necessarily sketch the usual suffering of the low caste people in India's caste-stained social machinery. They speak of, as befitting the canon, the discrimination meted out to the untouchables. Naturally anger, despair, agony, images of captivity and intolerable deprivation form the ground of their poetic outburst. But these poems have another characteristic feature...
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