In defence of Marxology: A reply to Meghnad Desai's review of T. Shanin et al., Late Marx and the Russian road |
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| Authors: | Derek Sayer |
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| Institution: | Department of Sociology , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta , T6G 2H4 , Canada |
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| Abstract: | This note defends T. Shanin et al., Late Marx and the Russian Road against the criticism levelled by Meghnad Desai in a previous issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies. It is argued that the ‘late Marx’ – as represented in Marx's four drafts of his letter to Vera Zasulich of March, 1881 – and Russian populism address issues that are crucial to contemporary socialist politics, both on the ‘periphery’ of capitalism and elsewhere. |
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