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Marxism and Native Americans / edited by Ward Churchill.

Summary:

In a unique format on intellectual challenge and counter-challenge prominent Native Americans and Marxists debate the viability of Marxism and the prevalence of ethnocentric bias in politics, culture and social theory. The authors examine the status of Western notions of "progress" and "development" in the context of the practical realities faced by American Indians in their ongoing struggle for justice and self-determination. This dialogue offers critical insights into the nature of ecological awareness and dialectics and into the possibility of constructing a social theory that can bridge cultural boundaries.

Record details

ISBN: 9780896081772
ISBN: 089608177X
Physical Description: iix (i.e. viii), 221 p ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston : South End Press, [1983?].

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Nature to synthetic and back / Winona Laduke -- The same old song / Russell Means -- Searching for a second harvest / The RCP -- The same old song in sad refrain / Dora-Lee Larson and Ward Churchill -- Marx's general cultural theoretics / Elisabeth Lloyd -- Culture and personhood / Bob Sipe -- Circling the same old rock / Vine Deloria Jr. -- Observations on Marxism and Lakota tradition / Frank Black Elk -- Marx versus Marxism / Bill Tabb -- Reds versus Redskins / Phil Heiple -- Marxism an the Native American / Ward Churchill.