Mukherjee, Ananyo (2024) 'Governmentality or Class Politics: The Path Ahead for Indian Communists.' Journal of Contemporary Asia. pp. 1-12. (Forthcoming)
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Abstract
Considering the June 2024 general parliamentary election results in India, this article undertakes a broad discursive analysis of the parliamentary Communists, tracing their trajectory from the inception of independent India to the present day. It argues that the Communists have continued to oscillate between liberal and neo-liberal notions of “governmentality,” constrained by its perpetuation of “capitalo-parliamentarian” hegemony. Drawing parallels with B.R. Ambedkar’s dichotomies on liberal democracy, the article highlights that the shifts in capital–labour dynamics have further deepened this ideological vacillation of the Communists. The article suggests that to move forward, Indian Communists must choose between constitutional governmentality and extra-parliamentary interventions rooted in transformative class politics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | class politics; communism in India; constitutionalism; governmentality; liberal democracy |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies |
| ISSN: | 00472336 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2024.2433738 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2024 08:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43111 |
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