The Subaltern Subject in Structured Historical Process

Denzil Saldanha was formerly a Professor, Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His research interests have been in the areas of social movements; voluntary social action groups and development organizations; and elementary, non-formal and adult education. He has served as a member of state and national level committees, on the board of several academic and developmental institutions and organizations and as a consultant to government, funding agencies and international organizations.

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1. Introduction: The Scope and Theoretical Framework

2. The Ontology of Socio-Economically Structured Reality

3. History, Political Agency and the Process of Social Transformation

4. The Epistemology of Collective Subjectivity from a Subaltern Consciousness Standpoint

5. Conclusion: The Place of Subjectivity in the Social Transformation of Structure; Dialectical and Historical Materialism as the Exploration of the Whole

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