Struggle for Hegemony in India, 1920-47: The Colonial State, the Left and the National Movement

This path-breaking study is the first volume (covering the period 1920-34) of a three volume study of the role of the Communist Party of India during the freedom struggle.

To aid a better understanding of the national movement and its relationship with different social groups and classes, the authors view the Congress Party and the left movement as two components of the same totality, each moving in to occupy the space left vacant by the other. In the analysis of the structure and character of the three contenders (the colonial state, the Congress Party and the left) in the triangular struggle for hegemony, the authors explore historical problems and processes in the light of Gramsci′s theories.