Michael Löwy , "Globalization and Internationalism"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 10:29 PM +0530 12/3/02, Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
>  > In his later writing Marx was to take a much more critical stance in
>  > regard to western colonialism in India and China, but it would remain
>>  for the modern theoreticians of imperialism -- Rosa Luxemburg and
>>  Lenin -- to formulate a _radical_ Marxist challenge to "bourgeois
>>  civilization" from the point of view of its victims, namely the
>>  colonized peoples.
>
>This assumes that victims had no knowledge Imperialism and could not provide
>any real challenge to it.

Löwy is specifically talking about a Marxist theoretical criticism of 
imperialism.  What were Indian Marxists and other left-wingers saying 
about imperialism in the days of Lenin and Luxemburg?  It would be 
nice to have a short history of Marxist theory in India available in 
English.

At 10:29 PM +0530 12/3/02, Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
>My point is that mere inversion of Imperialist ideology can not 
>produce real knowledge of diverse objects called the colonized 
>people or post-colonial people.

Löwy is discussing theory, and you are demanding empirical studies. 
Obviously both are necessary.  What is your theory of imperialism, 
btw?

At 10:29 PM +0530 12/3/02, Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
>How much Lenin really knew about colonies, beyond the general point 
>that they are exploited?

That might be an interesting question if it were not a rhetorical 
one.  There have been some works discussing how much Marx knew and 
didn't know about India, Ireland, indigenous peoples in North 
America, etc.; some might have already written about what written 
sources, Marxist and other left-wing scholars and activists, etc. 
Lenin consulted before writing about imperialism.
-- 
Yoshie

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