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Revisiting Marxism and decolonisation through the legacy of Samir Amin

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  • Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

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Samir Amin’s legacy of deployment of Marxist science, dedication to pan-Africanism and commitment to revolutionary liberation of the global South from imperialism and capitalism is re-evaluated from an epistemological vantage point. This is necessary because Amin raised fundamental epistemological issues as he challenged the discipline of economics, built institutions which advanced alternative thinking, and consistently created concepts and theories from concrete situations in the global South in general and Africa in particular. Three main issues stand out. The first is how epistemology shaped modern patterns of domination and subordination within modern Euro–North American-centric internationalism. The second is how intersections of Marxism and decoloniality reinforce a robust critique of modern racial capitalism. The third is how the legacy of Amin enabled a synthesis of Marxism (democratic Marxism of the 21st century), pan-Africanism, and decolonisation (planetary decoloniality of the 21st century) to consistently challenge and oppose the dominant and current imperial/colonial/capitalist internationalism.

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  • Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, 2021. "Revisiting Marxism and decolonisation through the legacy of Samir Amin," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(167), pages 50-65, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:48:y:2021:i:167:p:50-65
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2021.1881887
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