Reviews for Struggle for hegemony in India 1920-47

The average rating for Struggle for hegemony in India 1920-47 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-12-27 00:00:00 Thomas Ferguson Socialism From Below is a very good collection of essays by Hal Draper, focused mainly on the importance of revolutionary/system change coming from the 'mass-majority' - from 'below' as opposed to being lead by reformists and the 'intelligentsia'. More importantly he distrusts the sentiment that the 'mass-majority' is incapable of acting in its self-interest: Muta pecora, prona et ventri obedientia. [The herd is silent, submissive, and obeys its stomach.] "What unites the many different forms of Socialism-from-Above is the conception of socialism (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) must be handed down to the grateful masses in one form or another, by a ruling elite which is not subject to their control in fact. The heart of Socialism-from-Below is its view that socialism can be realized only through the self-emancipation of activized masses "from below" in a struggle to take charge of their own destiny, as actors (not merely subjects) on the stage of history" (p.10).

Review # 2 was written on 2011-08-04 00:00:00 Robert Lucero Pleasently surprised by the substance.