A contribution to the critique of contemporary capitalism : theoretical and international perspectives / Raju J. Das, Ph.D. [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographies and index.

Thinking critically : a critique of critical thinking -- Mapping the Marxist critique of society : or, what really is Marxism? -- Politicism and idealism in state theory : a critique of the post-Marxist critique of the state -- The discourse on the political and the economic in the world's largest democracy : where are the fault(line)s? -- Capitalism and free labor in the world-economy : a critique of Marxist views -- Development of capitalism and capitalist development in India's rural areas : a critical review of some arguments -- Why poverty amid plenty in India? a critique of social democracy in the periphery -- Neoliberalism's class character : critical views on India's new economic policy -- Science for profit or people? a critique of the state and its relation to the drugs companies in the USA -- The state, business and death of working people in the USA : where does the problem lie? -- Why are so-called radical movements not what they appear to be? a critique of the maoist movement in India -- Protest politics in the world : a Marxist critique.

The book is a critique of the capitalist world, including both the injustices it inflicts and the acts of resistance it provokes, which end up reproducing it. The book is also a critique of the ideas about this world, especially some of the ideas which are considered to be progressive. The book talks about why so-called critical thought as it exists is inadequate; why genuine critique is possible and necessary; what its different forms and attributes are; and who it is aimed toward: the masses or academia? This book presents what it considers to be the most adequate form of critique: the Marxi.

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