Category Archives: marxism

Ibne Hasan’s “Literature and Objective Truth” (excerpt)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Mike

Below is a short excerpt from the late Syed Ibne Hasan’s unfinished manuscript “Literature and Objective Truth.” Hasan’s former students Sibghat and Nasira translated this version from Urdu and it is presented here with their kind permission. I have made … Continue reading →

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Memories of Ibne Hasan

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Mike

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a large public awards ceremony honoring the achievements of some local kids and young adults. When the award recipients were announced, one of the names I heard was both distinct and familiar: the … Continue reading →

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Solzhenitsyn…reconsidered

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Mike

In most literary and academic circles—excepting those of Soviet-era institutions in the USSR and Eastern bloc countries— it is anathema to level even the slightest criticism against the work of Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn. But well-reasoned evaluation of the author’s … Continue reading →

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On building the polemic, continued

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Mike

While reviewing one of Marx’s seminal works, The Civil War in France, I was reminded of his exceptional skill in in the art of polemical critique as I read his assessment of French “statesman” Louis Adolphe Thiers: A master in … Continue reading →

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