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Michael Hutt
Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion
Hurst & Company; London, UK; 1850657211 / 9781850657217; First Edition; Hardcover; New; New;
The eruption of a violent Maoist insurgency in Nepal in the late 1990s was met with bewilderment even among many of those who claimed to know the country well. Any such development possesses its own historical depth and socio-cultural background. This book provides much of that background, and describes the ongoing struggle. Nepal’s so-called ‘people’s war’ was launched in 1996 by the Communist Party of Nepal to overthrow the political establishment, including the monarchy, and establish a Maoist regime. Using brutal tactics similar to those of Peru’s Shining Path in the 1980s, guerrillas have murdered government employees and supporters of other political parties. Initially the rebels numbered a few hundred, mainly poor peasants, ex-soldiers and unemployed youths, drawn to the movement by Nepal’s poverty and disenchantment with its corrupt politicians. They have since grown to more than 25,000, with training camps in the country’s remote west. In 1999 the Maoists announced the ‘Fourth Stage’ of their war. Since then there have been many attacks on police stations, banks and power installations, and many areas are now under guerrilla control. The army was deployed against the Maoists for the first time in late 2001 and the indiscriminate nature of the military crackdown was widely criticized. The war has begun to encroach on the capital, Kathmandu, and in 2003 the first moves towards peace talks between the government and the Maoists took place. Printed Pages: 333. 027196
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Rius
Mao for Beginners
Orient BlackSwan; New Delhi, India; 2002; 812502235X / 9788125022350; Reprint; Paperback; New; Friends
The documentary comic books of the For Beginners series deal with complex and serious subjects. They attempt to untimidate and uncomplicate the great ideas and work of great thinkers. The movements and concepts dealt with are placed in their historical, political and intellectual contexts. The books are painstakingly researched, humourouly written and enlivened with classic comic-strip illustrations, photographs, paintings, etc. The range of subjects covered is truly vast and varied—Malcom X and the New Age guru Castenanda, Shakespeare and Foucault, Jewish Holocaust and Arab and Israel, Structuralism and Biology. Printed Pages: 171. 031620
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Harold G. Coward, Eva Dargyaya, and Ronald Neufeldt
Readings in Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Early Chinese Thought, Confucian Thought, Taoist Thought, Mao Tse Tung, Shinto, and New Religions)
Sri Satguru Publications; New Delhi, India; 8170305403 / 9788170305408; New;
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David Leopold
The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing
Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK; 2007; 0521874777 / 9780521874779; First Edition; Hardcover; New; New; 155 x 235 Mm
The Young Karl Marx is an innovative and important new study of Marx’s early writings. These writings provide the fascinating spectacle of a powerful and imaginative intellect wrestling with complex and significant issues, but they also present formidable interpretative obstacles to modern readers. David Leopold shows how an understanding of their intellectual and cultural context can illuminate the political dimension of these works. An erudite yet accessible discussion of Marx’s influences and targets frames the author’s critical engagement with Marx’s account of the emergence, character, and (future) replacement of the modern state. This combination of historical and analytical approaches results in a sympathetic, but not uncritical, exploration of such fundamental themes as alienation, citizenship, community, antisemitism, and utopianism. The Young Karl Marx is a scholarly and original work which provides a radical and persuasive reinterpretation of Marx’s complex and often misunderstood views of German philosophy, modern politics, and human flourishing. • Provides a clear and accessible account of difficult and unfamiliar concepts used by Marx • Discusses the historical context as well as the analytical structure of Marx’s arguments • Offers an innovative and well-founded interpretation of Marx’s political and philosophical thought Contents Acknowledgements; A note on language, references, and translation; 1. Introduction; 2. German philosophy; 3. Modern politics; 4. Human flourishing; 5. Epilogue; Bibliographical note. Printed Pages: 344. 019637
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