Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism: Empire, Third World(s) and Praxis

Hamzić, Vanja

Abstract

This paper revisits the idea of Muslim Marxism, as espoused through the life and work of the Tatar Muslim and Bolshevik intellectual and revolutionary Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev (1892-1940). I argue that Sultan-Galiev’s oeuvre – a unique synthesis of Marxist, Muslim modernist, anti-colonial and Third World praxis – represents a path-breaking take on Muslim selfhood and practices of belonging.

Citation

Hamzić, V. (2016). Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism: Empire, Third World(s) and Praxis. Third World Quarterly, 37(11), 2047-2060. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1166048

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 11, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Publication Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Deposit Date: Nov 5, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 24, 2025
• Journal: Third World Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0143-6597
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-2241
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 2047-2060
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1166048
• Keywords: Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev, Muslim Marxism, jadidism, satr, praxis, Colonial International, Empire, Tatarstan, Bolshevism, Islamic modernism