Marx’s early speculations about India are best judged from the standpoint of Capital.

Evidence

It is from the theoretical standpoint of Capital, as much as from the empirical ground of more modern research in past history, that one can now see the brilliance, but also the error, in many a formulation about India. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1084

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s tracing of Ahmad’s method: he sifts Marx’s empirical claims from his speculative universal-history claims, the same sifting he applies to postcolonial discourse theory. — connects to: Comparing the German Ideology with Capital shows how Marx specified historicity further.; Marx’s early historical-specificity claims are general where Capital specifies them — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 480; Marx’s dispatches on India require contextual scholarship, not summary dismissal — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1036 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Marx’s concept of historical specificity deepened between German Ideology and Capital #corroborates (0.82)
• Marx’s early historical-specificity claims are general where Capital specifies them #corroborates (0.80) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 480
• Comparing the German Ideology with Capital shows how Marx specified historicity further. #expands (0.78)
• Marx’s dispatches on India require contextual scholarship, not summary dismissal #qualifies (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1036