Revisiting Through Marx Ethnicity, Nationalism and Class Dialectics

Abstract

As the revolutionary wave created by the mass movements of 1848 began
to lose its influence in the Continental Europe, Marx, who took refuge in
England, began the years of exile, which he would spend as a "brilliant, holy,
cursed, but still no wonder, illegal immigrant" throughout his life. This phase of Marx's life as a political immigrant corresponds to a period in which he

formulated brilliant and equally sacred ideas of criticism of political economy,

as well as new discoveries of thought embellished with the facts of ethnicity,
race and nationality, with his increasing interest in non-Western societies.
This study aims to demonstrate Marx's disregarded thoughts, through this
period of his life. In order to do so, we are going to explore from his
manuscripts, journalism works, letters, manifests for S. International and
notebooks. Hence, we are aiming to understand and demonstrate Marx's way
of thinking in a thorough way. Finally, the core objective of this study is to
explain ethnicity- nationalism and class in Marx's modern world where 'All
That is Solid Melts Into Air'.

Keywords

• Ethnicity
• Nationalism
• Marx
• Class

ETNİSİTE, ULUSÇULUK – SINIF DİYALEKTİĞİNDE MARX’I YENİDEN OKUMAK

Abstract

1848 kitle hareketlerinin yarattığı devrimci dalganın Kıta Avrupası’nda etkisini yitirmeye başlamasıyla birlikte İngiltere’ye sığınan Marx için ‘parlak, kutsal, lanetlenmiş, fakat yine de hayatı boyunca hiç şaşmamacısına, kaçak bir göçmen’ olarak geçireceği sürgün yılları da başlamış oldu. Marx’ın siyasi bir göçmen olarak geçirdiği hayatının bu evresi, ekonomi politiğin eleştirisine ilişkin parlak ve bir o kadar da kutsal olan düşünce tasarılarını kurguladığı bir döneme tekabül ettiği gibi, Batı dışı toplumlara dair artan ilgisiyle birlikte etnisite, ırk ve ulus olgularıyla bezenmiş yeni düşünce keşiflerine çıktığı bir süreci de içermiştir. Bu çalışma, Marx’ın yaşamının bu evresinde çıktığı düşünce yolculuklarına ait olan Elyazmaları, gazetecilik çalışmaları, mektupları, Enternasyonal için yazdığı örgüt manifestoları ve defterlerinin gizil sayfalarında kalmış notlarını ön plana çıkararak, ünlü düşünürün ihmal edilmiş ya da görmezden gelinmiş derinlikli kuramsal dünyasını keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Gayemiz, katı olan her şeyin buharlaşıp yok olduğu Marx’ın modern dünyasında, etnisite - ulus - sınıf diyalektiğini yeniden okumaya çalışmaktır.

Keywords

• Etnisite
• Ulusçuluk
• Marx
• Sınıf

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