Struggle for hegemony in India, 1920-47 : the colonial state, the left and the national movement

Author(s)

• Joshi, Shashi
• Josh, Bhagwan

Bibliographic Information

Struggle for hegemony in India, 1920-47 : the colonial state, the left and the national movement

Shashi Joshi

Sage Publications, 1992-

• v. 1: 1920-34 : US
• v. 1: 1920-34 : India
• v. 2; 1934-41 : US
• v. 2: 1934-41 : India

Note

Vol. 2. by Bhagwan Josh

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1: 1920-34 : US ISBN 9780803994058

Description

This path-breaking study is the first volume (covering the period 1920-34) of a three volume study of the role of the Communist Party of India during the freedom struggle. To aid a better understanding of the national movement and its relationship with different social groups and classes, the authors view the Congress Party and the left movement as two components of the same totality, each moving in to occupy the space left vacant by the other. In the analysis of the structure and character of the three contenders (the colonial state, the Congress Party and the left) in the triangular struggle for hegemony, the authors explore historical problems and processes in the light of Gramsci's theories.

Table of Contents

Hegemony and the Historical Method The Irrelevance of Leninism The Non-Cooperation Movement and the Birth of Workers' and Peasants' Parties To Be or Not To Be Communist Party or WPP? The Colonial State, Indian Capitalists, and the Left State, Nation and Class Nehru's Paradigm Towards Left Hegemony Molecular Changes in Mass Ideology Salt and the Steelframe Contending Hegemonies 'Sarkar Hargai' Of Strategies and Methods of Struggle The Politics of Nation and Class 'Sectarianism' or Alienation? In the Ghetto M N Roy, Indian Communists and the Third International Conclusion

Volume

v. 2; 1934-41 : US ISBN 9780803994393

Description

This study is the second volume (covering the period 1934 to 1941) of a three volume study of the role of the Communist Party of India during the independence struggle. To aid a better understanding of the national movement and its relationship with different social groups and classes, the authors view the Congress Party and the left movement as two components of the same totality, each moving in to occupy the space left vacant by the other. This volume covers the period from the rise of Gandhi to the beginnings of power-sharing with the colonial government.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Colonial State Gandhian Strategy and the Framework of Hegemonic Politics State Policy, Congress Crisis, and the Birth of a New Ideology Gathering Forces of the Left and the Government's Policy of Suppression The Third International and the Indian Communists Communist Party and the Disunited National Front Marxisms and Marxist Practices Of Political Issues and Ideological Conflicts Colonial Constitution, Council Entry and Office Acceptance The Ministries and the Left Experiments with Class Adjustment The Left and the Ministries Experiments with Class Confrontation....I The Left and the Ministries Experiments with Class Confrontation....II The Divided Left Notes on Permanent Disunity Politics of Transformation vs Politics of Alternative Conclusion

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• NCID: BA18280148
• ISBN:
  • 0803994052
  • 8170362598
  • 0803994397
  • 8170362954
• LCCN: 91029720
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi ; Newbury Park, CA
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS480.45
  • DC20 : 320.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947
  • LCSH : Nationalism -- India -- History
  • LCSH : Communism -- India -- History