Jairus Banaji’s Theory as History

Banaji’s Theory as History is a book written at the summit of a lifetime’s engagement with issues of Marxist theory and practice, by a political activist whose deep understanding of praxis led him to engage with what would appear to many to be quite abstruse issues. Yet Banaji’s work demonstrates that no aspect of human history is irrelevant to the present. His scholarship shows immense skill, depth and range. Yet it is his systematic use of Capital and the Grundrisse, to provide analytical guidance in the exploration of pre-capitalist modes of production, that really sets his analysis apart from many other contributions.

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