Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 12 JANUARY NUMBER 1 1984 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial J\fote 1 M J K Thavaraj Jacob Eapen Marxism and the rational Question: An Overview Kitty Menon — Suneet Chopra 3 Madhu Prasad Men^psly Capitalism in a Dependent Economy. The EDITORIAL OFFICE Indian Case 424, V p House, — Asim Chaudhuri 14 New Delhi-110001 Waiting fof the Nuclear Winter: Breakdowm of CIRCULATION AND Nuclear Arms Control ADVERTISEMENT _ Q Raja Mohan 30 24/1212, Mettukkada. Trivandrum-695 014 ^^ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Method, Metaphysics and Theory. Some Reflection^ ' INLAND ^ Reading Mary. 3 years : Rs 150 _ ^ R^havcndra Rao 53 2 years : Rs 120 ® Annual : Rs 65 Santhosh Kumari Dew: A Pioneering Labour Leader S^y^S - ^ Chattopadhyay 62 Single copy : Rs 6 jj ^ invasion of Grenada — MJ 74 FOREIGN (Annual in U S dollars) Sea Mail : 18 BOOK REVIEW (USA and Cana^a)^ Towards a New Bretton Woods (Other countries) : 24 ~- Biswajlt Dhar 78 Articles, notes and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.