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100			_aChatterjee, Partha
245			_aAfter the revolution : _bessays in memory of Anjan Ghosh edited by _cPartha Chatterjee
260			_aIndia _bOrient Black Swan _c2020
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365			_aINR _b1025.00
500			_aAnjan Ghosh (1951–2010), an exemplary Marxist sociologist and teacher, belonged to the generation of intellectuals who dreamt of a socialist India and saw the rise and demise of the Communist Party in West Bengal. He died a year before Trinamool Congress dislodged the Left from power. But long before his death, the fall of the Soviet Union had initiated a re-evaluation—among Marxists in West Bengal and elsewhere—of the twentieth-century history of socialism. However, the present crisis of liberal capitalism compels a fresh, critical look at the legacy of the Russian Revolution today. After the Revolution is a tribute by Anjan Ghosh’s friends and colleagues not only to his memory but also to the idea of Revolution through a cosmopolitan quest for a liveable alternative to capitalism, it reflects on the Russian Revolution, as viewed from our current location, and re-examines some of the basic tenets of revolutionary theory and practice in the twentieth century, to shed light on the present. Exploring the limits of capitalism, liberal democracy and socialism, the essays examine a range of issues, including contemporary political movements, Maoism and Indian democracy, the later Marx’s thoughts on Russia, global finance dynamics, and the impact of a revolution aesthetic on literature, music and cinema. Original, eclectic, and insightful, these timely essays are addressed to students and scholars of sociology, history and culture studies.
650			_aRevolutions
650			_aSocialism
650			_aIndia
650			_aDemocracy
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