Primitive Accumulation and Historical Inevitability: A Postcolonial Critique
Abstract
Who is the ethical subject of humanism? The misadventures of international communism might teach us something about the violent consequences of imposing the most fragile part of Marx, the predictive Eurocentric scenario, upon large parts of the globe not historically centred in Europe.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Marxism and Critical Theory
Political Economy and Marxism
Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Rethinking Marxism
- Pages
- 347–368
- Publication date
- 19 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter