GLOBAL MARXISM - Simin Fadaee in conversation with Kevin Gillan
| Dates: | 16 October 2024 |
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| Times: | 18:30 - 20:00 |
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| What is it: | Book launch |
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| Organiser: | Manchester University Press |
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| How much: | £3-22 |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Simin Fadaee, Kevin Gillan |
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Blackwell's Manchester are delighted to be working with Manchester University Press and movements@manchester to host the launch of Simin Fadaee's Global Marxism - a cutting-edge exploration of how Marx's ideas have been adopted and adapted by revolutionary thinkers in the Global South. Simin will be in conversation with Kevin Gillan.
About the book:
Though his work has been both praised and criticized, Karl Marx is considered one of the most influential figures in the modern era. But in the twenty-first century, the legacy of Marxism is now contested, with some seeing it as Eurocentric and irrelevant to the wider global struggle.
In Global Marxism, Simin Fadaee argues that Marxism remains a living tradition and the cornerstone of revolutionary theory and practice in the Global South. She explores the lives, ideas and legacies of a group of revolutionaries who played an exceptional role in contributing to counter-hegemonic change. Figures such as Ho Chi Minh, Kwame Nkrumah, Ali Shariati and Subcomandante Marcos did not simply accept the version of Marxism that was given to them - they adapted it to local conditions and contexts. In doing this they demonstrated that Marxism is not a rigid set of propositions but an evolving force whose transformative potential remains enormous.
This global Marxism has much to teach us in the never-ending task of grasping the changing historical conditions of capitalism and the complex world in which we live.
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