Zum Wandel des Indienbildes von Karl MarxChristopher Wimmer

ASIEN – Nr. 152/153 (2019) pp. 5–23

Karl Marx dealt with India at various points in his work. There are clear changes in his approach to the subject matter. I am tracing this development — beginning with the “Manifesto” to his articles in the New York Daily Tribune and his views on the Asiatic mode of production — and ask why Marx’s view on India is still relevant today. Because there is no doubt that the work Marx undertook on India not only influenced his later theoretical work, but also gave him the opportunity to apply general principles of his method to the study of complex circumstances prevalent in different parts of the world.

Keywords: India, Karl Marx, development, common property