Navyug
@navyug.bsky.social
Historian, toiling in the archives & classroom | Eyes on labor history, popular culture, postcolonial critique, global capitalism | ਪੰਜਾਬ to پنجاب to Panjab
All history is etymology.
"Capitalism, as distinct from prodromes like Smith’s ‘commercial society’, rarely if ever spoke its own name in the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth century—the very term was an invention of its opponents."
newleftreview.org/issues/ii151...
"Capitalism, as distinct from prodromes like Smith’s ‘commercial society’, rarely if ever spoke its own name in the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth century—the very term was an invention of its opponents."
newleftreview.org/issues/ii151...
Perry Anderson, Idées-forces, NLR 151, January–February 2025
What weight should be given to the role of ideas in moments of radical change, as opposed to that of material interests and forces? From the Reformation to the Enlightenment, rise of Marxism and hegem...
newleftreview.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
All history is etymology.
"Capitalism, as distinct from prodromes like Smith’s ‘commercial society’, rarely if ever spoke its own name in the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth century—the very term was an invention of its opponents."
newleftreview.org/issues/ii151...
"Capitalism, as distinct from prodromes like Smith’s ‘commercial society’, rarely if ever spoke its own name in the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth century—the very term was an invention of its opponents."
newleftreview.org/issues/ii151...
Events - South Asia Center
Graduate Program Coordinator; Assistant Professor - History
jsis.washington.edu
February 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"The story raises important issues about the extent to which scientific progress can justify social neglect, about the ethics of collection and curation, and about our responsibilities not only to each other, but also to future generations." +anti-fascism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jessie Childs · Resident Bean Expert: Leningrad under Siege
Five thousand Leningraders died of distrofia on Christmas Day 1941. One of them was Aleksandr Shchukin, a 58-year-old...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"The story raises important issues about the extent to which scientific progress can justify social neglect, about the ethics of collection and curation, and about our responsibilities not only to each other, but also to future generations." +anti-fascism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A privilege to speak and listen at the migrant student-worker encampment in Brampton this weekend. It was Day 93 of their struggle for dignity, fairness and a new future. Make no mistake, this is the frontline against the growing racism and revanchism in Canada.
December 2, 2024 at 11:48 PM
A privilege to speak and listen at the migrant student-worker encampment in Brampton this weekend. It was Day 93 of their struggle for dignity, fairness and a new future. Make no mistake, this is the frontline against the growing racism and revanchism in Canada.
Better not be any Tesla owners on here...
November 14, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Better not be any Tesla owners on here...
Farid, the farmer plants acacia trees, but wishes for grapes,
He is spinning wool, yet wishes to wear silk.
He is spinning wool, yet wishes to wear silk.
September 21, 2023 at 1:02 PM
Farid, the farmer plants acacia trees, but wishes for grapes,
He is spinning wool, yet wishes to wear silk.
He is spinning wool, yet wishes to wear silk.