Decolonial Marxism and the Challenge to Racial-Colonial Capitalist Patriarchy: Considering Dialectics and Analectics Among the Zapatistas

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Abstract

This paper explores the intersectional potential of Marxism and calls for a decolonial approach to engaging with Marx’s work. By tracing the roots of Marx’s dialectic to its Hegel and Kant influences, the paper examines its development as the resolution of contradictions. Additionally, it considers Dussel’s analectics and provides a theoretical argument of the ways Marxist-humanism and Decolonial Theory are complimentary, debunking the misconceptions of Marx’s work that have been at the root of discord between Marxist scholars and Race scholars. By identifying the elements of the dialectic and analectic in the Zapatista movement, the paper proposes the bringing together of different frameworks to build solidarity and contribute to the imagining of a future free of injustice.

Authors

• Lilia D. Monzo, Chapman University

• Nidzara Pecenkovic, Chapman University