Badruddin Umar
Badruddin Umar (Bengali: বদরুদ্দীন উমর born December 20, 1931) is a Marxist-Leninist theorist-activist-historian. His father, Abul Hashim,[1] was prominent politician in Indian Subcontinent.
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Academic beginnings
Umar was born in West Bengal. Although his father Abul Hashim, a clandestine communist, opposed the creation of East Pakistan, ironically Hashim decided to move to East Pakistan and settled in Dhaka in 1950.[2] Umar got his MA in Philosophy from Dhaka University and an Honors degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) from Oxford University.[3] Umar began his academic career as a university teacher at Dhaka University on a temporary basis. In 1963, He joined Rajshahi University as the founder-chair of Political Science department. Then he founded department of Sociology at the same university.[4]
Political activities
As followers of Marxist-Leninist principles, he started to write anti-colonial articles from 70s. In 60s he wrote three notable books––Sampradayikata (Communalism, 1966),[5] Sanskritir Sankat (The Crisis of Culture, 1967), and Sanskritik Sampradayikata (Cultural Communalism, 1969) shows the dialectics of the political culture of ‘communalism.’ He also gives clear views of Bengali nationalism[6] which is significant intellectual contributions to the growth of Bengali nationalism itself. In 1969, Umar joined at East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) and in February 1970 to March 1971, Umar edited the mouthpiece of the East Pakistan Communist Party––Saptahik Ganashakti which shows the problems and prospects of communist movements in the Pakistan. He was president of both Bangladesh Krishak Federation (Bangladesh Peasant Federation) and Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir[7]––the country’s oldest organisation of progressive writers, intellectuals, and cultural activists. Currently he is President of Jatiya Mukti Council[8](National Liberation Council).
Books
Badruddin Umar has written nearly a hundred books and countless articles. The majority of his books show the democratic and socialist transformation of class society. He lucidly and thoroughly exposes the Lumpenbourgeoisie’s political culture in Bangladesh. In his books he also discursively contributes to the political economy and culture of capitalism, world socialist movements, communist movements in Bangladesh, the phenomena of militarism and military dictatorships in the Third World, criminalization of politics, business and so on. His book titled Poverty Trade engages with the ideas of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and critiques the concept of micro credit.[9][10]
Bibliography
- Umar, Badruddin “Amara Jibana: 1931-1950 (Hardcover, Sahityika, ISBN 984-8391-35-5)[1]
- Umar, Badruddin “Banaladese Ganatantrika Svairatantra (Maola Bradarsa, ISBN 984-410-028-3)[2]
- Umar, Badruddin “Banaladese Samsadiya Ganatantra (Sahityika, ISBN 984-8391-11-8)[3]
- Umar, Badruddin “Banaladesera artha-Rajanaitika Paristhiti (Jatiya Grantha Prakasana, ISBN 984-560-007-7)[4]
- Umar, Badruddin “Dvitiya Aoyami Liga Sarakarera amale Banaladesa (Jatiya Anubhaba Prakasana, ISBN 978-984-8237-13-7) [5]
- Umar, Badruddin “Ganaadalata, Asamapta Mukhti Samgramera Jera (Mira Prakasana, ISBN 984-775-088-2)[6]
- Umar, Badruddin “Nirbacita Rajanaitika Prabandha (Subarna, ISBN 984-459-014-0)[7]
- Umar, Badruddin “Sakhinara Candrakala (Ekuse Bamla Prakasana, ISBN 984-8670-97-1)[8]
- Umar, Badruddin “Siksha O siksha andolana (Srabana, ISBN 984-8130-12-8)[9]
- Umar, Badruddin “The Emergence of Bangladesh: Class and Political Struggles in East Pakistan, 1947-1958 (Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-579571-7)[10]
- Umar, Badruddin “The Emergence of Bangladesh Vol. 2: The Rise of Bengali Nationalism, 1958-1971 (Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-597908-7)[11]
- Umar, Badruddin “Indian National Movement: R. R. M. Roy Memorial Lecture, 1984 (University Press, Limited, ISBN 984-05-1208-0)[12]
- Umar, Badruddin “Language Movement in East Bengal (Jatiya Grontha Prakashan, ISBN 984-560-094-8)[13]
References
- ↑ Abul Hashim as a political thinker
- ↑ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090622/jsp/opinion/story_11137241.jsp
- ↑ Shrabon Prokashani, author
- ↑ Tribute to Badruddin Umar on his seventy-fifth birthday
- ↑ Communalism in Undivided Bengal: shrouding Class Conflict with Religion
- ↑ The Emergence of Bangladesh
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jatiya Mukti Council calls for lifting of emergency
- ↑ Shrabon Prokashani
- ↑ Micro-Credit : myth manufactured
