Ahmad frames the modern world epoch through imperialism, decolonization, and socialist struggle.

Evidence

Apart from thematic clarifications of a general nature, this Introduction offers, in its lengthiest section, a basic summation of the fundamental dialectic - between imperialism, decolonization, and the struggles for socialism - which in my view constitutes the contradictory unity of the world in our epoch. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 51

Categorization

• XREF: Establishes Ahmad’s historical-materialist frame that his critique of postcolonial discourse theory hangs on — relevant to the Reader’s project of tracing material rather than discourse-first accounts. — connects to: Modernity’s benefits derive from imperialism, colonialism, and structural genocide. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 459; Imperialism newly made power and violence themselves the conscious aim of the state — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 373

Broader Connections

• Modernity’s benefits derive from imperialism, colonialism, and structural genocide. #expands (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 459
• Imperialism newly made power and violence themselves the conscious aim of the state #exemplifies (0.72) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 373