Marxist Historiography and the Indian Freedom Movement: A Critique of Class, Capital, and Nationalism The Indian freedom movement has been interpreted through multiple historiographical lenses—nationalist, liberal, subaltern, and Marxist. Among these, the Marxist tradition offers a particularly incisive critique by situating the anti-colonial struggle within the broader framework of class contradictions, colonial capitalist exploitation, and … Continue reading How does the Marxist historiographical tradition interpret the Indian freedom movement in terms of class struggle, modes of production, and colonial capitalist exploitation, and to what extent does it critique the bourgeois leadership of the Indian National Congress within the broader framework of anti-imperialist resistance and uneven development under colonialism?
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Critically evaluate the Indian national movement through a Marxist lens, examining its class character, underlying economic forces, and the extent to which it reflected or constrained the interests of the working classes and peasantry.
A Marxist Critique of the Indian National Movement: Class Character, Economic Forces, and the Limits of Popular Mobilization Abstract The Indian national movement has often been celebrated as a heroic struggle for political freedom, national unity, and anti-colonial emancipation. However, Marxist historians and political theorists have provided an alternative reading, examining the movement through the … Continue reading Critically evaluate the Indian national movement through a Marxist lens, examining its class character, underlying economic forces, and the extent to which it reflected or constrained the interests of the working classes and peasantry.