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Naija Marxisms: Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria de Adam Mayer

Naija Marxisms: Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria

Autor Adam Mayer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2016
Since the 1940s, Marxist thought has developed considerably in Nigeria. Long gone are the days when Marxism meant imported pamphlets and a rootless foreign ideology. The history of “Naija” or Nigerian Marxism is also that of the country’s labor movement, its feminist movement, its social thought, and its political economy. Drawn from three years of research in Nigeria and elsewhere, Naija Marxisms breaks new ground in tracing the historical trajectories of leftist movements since the 1940s. Adam Mayer explores the international context of Nigerian Marxism and provides core chapters on key thinkers including Mokwugo Okoye, Ikenna Nzimiro, and Eskor Toyo, among many others.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780745336572
ISBN-10: 0745336574
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press

Notă biografică

Adam Mayer is assistant professor of international relations at Webster University, Thailand.

Cuprins


1. Introduction
2. The Descent
3. Leftist Movements in Nigeria
4. International Relations of the Nigerian Left
5. Activists, historiographers and political thinkers: Marxism-Leninism versus heterodoxies
6. Political economists
7. Marxian feminisms
8. Conclusion: Analysing Nigerian Marxism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"Examines Nigerian Marxist thinkers and assesses the Nigerian socialist movement as a major legitimizing factor despite its co-option and exploitation by military and civilian governments."

"Naija Marxisms provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the history of Marxist thought in Nigeria. If you are angry about the current state of society in Nigeria, you should use this book to learn important lessons from those who struggled against similar challenges.  As Isaac Newton said, we can see further because we stand on the shoulders of giants.  This book provides you with access to the thoughts of the giants of Nigerian Marxism."
 

"This is the first major book on the Nigerian Left, carefully revealing the socialist ideas of Marxist movements, along with their achievements and failures, all set in the larger context of a troubled country. Part learned and part inspirational, it successfully provides the historical and epistemological foundation to understand a powerful ideology that remains alive today, as well as the intellectual orientations and practical efforts of the consistently committed comrades. It pushes counterculture to the critical center, thereby supplying scholarly leadership that promises to unleash vibrant dialogues and even new forms of action."
 

"Mayer has done something of exceptional importance – he has rescued the history of Nigerian Marxism from scholarly and political oblivion. This first book-length history of Marxism and Marxist thought in Nigeria puts to rest some of the more pervasive cold war assumptions, which often cast the “giant of Africa” as a “communism free zone.” Mayer’s source base is rich and spectacularly diverse, his commitment to the subject of his study in all its overwhelming complexity is worthy of praise. As a former citizen of a socialist state Mayer is well-positioned to recognize and analyze the transnational nature of Nigerian Marxism. Nigeria’s maddening neoliberal contradictions, its deep rifts of class and economic inequality also generated an intense intellectual critique of global capitalism and brought to life several generations of Marxian thinkers and political activists whose massive work has finally found its historian."

"African marxism has been neglected not only in Westernized Universities but also by the Marxist Left. Here is a corrective to this trend. Adam Meyer takes seriously Nigerian Marxism and shows its unique contributions. This is a tour de force in many fields of scholarship. I highly recommend it!"
 

"In Mayer’s capable hands, Naija Marxisms offers its readers a detailed map with which to navigate the fascinating and complex landscape of Marxism in Nigeria—past, present, and even futures still to come. A wonderful, insightful introduction to a topic that everyone interested in political change and social justice should know more about."

"A splendid book – erudite, accessible, and entirely original. Mayer writes with authority on the incredible work of Nigerian Marxists, their scholarship and activism, largely ignored by Western scholarship and in contemporary histories of Nigeria."

"Mayer has taken up a huge task, which helps to put the rich canvass of the Nigerian Left in sharp historic relief, to a global audience. Considering the breadth and depth of its hitherto largely unexplored subject matter, it is an excellent effort which is concisely articulated."

"Three-plus decades in the aftermath of post-colonial euphoria and a quarter century after the implosion of the Soviet Union, Mayer’s work on Nigerian ‘Marxisms’ is a much welcomed contribution to the study of Africa’s largest country."

"Naija Marxisms is a compelling exploration of leftist/Marxist ideas in Nigerian economics, political history, unions, social development and the arts. The scope and depth of the work is simply astonishing. In a style that is both informative and witty, Mayer’s work gives us deep insight into the forces that have shaped Nigeria into the state it is today."

"An eloquent celebration of the development and growth of variants of socialist ideas and the socialist movement in Nigeria from the 1940s to the present. Recommended to all those who seek to understand the left in Nigeria, with a view to reclaiming the country in the interest of the downtrodden."