Special Issue Marxist Scholarship

by Tani E. Barlow

This impressive and lucid study displays the widely divergent trajectories of thought that stem from Asian studies and Asian production of Marxisms and, at the same time, exemplifies the New Internationalism in scholarly research. In its accounts of political struggles, cultural resistance, and theoretical strategies, Marxist Scholarship seeks to redress the fading interest in alternatives to global consumerism by rousing the waning spirits of emancipatory thinking. These deliberations take on particular urgency in the present global economic context as the G-7 anxiously await full opening of East Asian markets and investment opportunities. Although the influence of deconstruction, post-Marxism, and other postmodernist practices is felt in this volume, many of the essays indicate a move to reengage the Marxist legacies. In their complex interactions with topics such as the tradition of Chinese Marxism, the Kwangju Uprising and massacre, the fetishism of cult leaders, and community policing in China, these essays demonstrate the analytical importance of categories such as exploitation, alienation, and violence for any engagement with the politics of knowledge. Contributors. Bill Brugger, Li Dazhao, Michael Dutton, D. R. Howland, Liu Kang, Rajeswari Mohan, You-me Park, William Pietz, Claudia Pozzana, Sanjay Seth, Gi-Wook Shin, Tomiyama Ichiro, Jing Wang, Gang Yue

661 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1995

About the author

Tani E. Barlow is a Professor of History.

Degrees:
Ph.D. History, University of California, Davis (1985),
M.A. History, University of California, Davis (1979),
B.A. History and Chinese language dual degree, San Francisco State University (1975),

Career:
- Professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington.
- Professor of History and director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University.

She is known for her interest in Chinese feminism.