Arab Marxism and National Liberation : Selected Writings of Mahdi Amel.
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- 9789004444249
- 320.532309174927
- HX434.A6 .A733 2021
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Translation (Safieddine and Giordani) -- Part 1. Remembering Amel -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Anti-colonial Intellectual (Safieddine) -- Chapter 2. Biographical Note: The Martyr Intellectual (Safieddine) -- Part 2. Selected Writings -- Chapter 3. Colonialism and Underdevelopment I: An Attempt to Understand the Colonial Relation -- Chapter 4. Colonialism and Underdevelopment II: On the Colonial Mode of Production -- Chapter 5. On the Sectarian State -- Chapter 6. Marx in the Orientalism of Edward Said -- Chapter 7. The Islamised Bourgeois Trend -- Chapter 8. The Problem of Cultural Heritage -- List of Amel's Published Books -- Bibliography -- Index.
Mahdi Amel (1936-87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. This first-time English translation of his selected writings sheds light on his notable contributions to the study of capitalism in a colonial context.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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