Kevin B. Anderson is a professor of sociology, political science, and feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is coauthor, with Janet Afary, of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution.
"Marx at the Margins is a book of tremendous scope, filled with
important scholarly contributions, including Anderson's highly
original reading of Marx's theory of history. In this truly
ground-breaking work, Kevin Anderson analyzes Marx's journalism and
various unpublished writings on European colonialism and the
developing countries for the first time, breaking the long-held
stereotype that Marx was an incorrigible class and economic
reductionist. Well-written in clear and accessible prose, Marx at
the Margins proves that Marx is the sophisticated and original
theorist of history some might not have ever expected him to
be."--Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles
"Anderson may just have provided the burgeoning Marx industry with
another major focus for its research and debates. Marx at the
Margins reveals a dimension of Marx that is very little known and
even less understood. Anderson makes an overwhelming case for the
importance of Marx's views on non-Western societies, ethnicity,
nationalism, and race to our interpretations of his thinking over a
wide range of topics. This is an incredibly innovative,
interesting, and terribly important book that will greatly benefit
any of its readers."--Bertell Ollman, New York University
"Marx at the Margins is essential reading for anyone seeking to
explore the sophistication and complexity of Marx and Engels's
writings on race, nationalism, ethnicity, and the historical
development of non-Western societies."-- "International Socialist
Review" (7/15/2015 12:00:00 AM)
"Anderson's exceptional book makes the case for Marxism's relevance
with patience, clarity, and rigor, as well as decisiveness. He
leaves us convinced that a politics determined to ally class with
race, nationality, and ethnicity in the struggle against
imperialism would do well to look again at the work of the founder
of this immensely rich intellectual and political tradition. Read
this; and then read Capital."-- "Journal of Postcolonial Writing"
(7/15/2015 12:00:00 AM)
"It is a commonplace that Marx's materialist conception of history
is a simplistic grand narrative, positing a reductive account of
historical change and expressing a Eurocentric view of the world. .
. . Anderson challenges this view. Paying careful attention to what
Marx actually wrote about politics at the peripheries--the
margins--of Europe, . . . Anderson demonstrates the richness of
Marx's understanding and the extent to which his mature thinking
incorporated a nuanced appreciation of the importance of events and
processes beyond the heart of Europe. [Marx at the Margins is] a
genuinely innovative book."-- "Perspectives on Politics" (7/15/2015
12:00:00 AM)
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