Marx and the Postmodernism Debates An Agenda for Critical Theory

Name: Marx and the Postmodernism Debates An Agenda for Critical Theory
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ISBN: 9780275968892

ISBN-10: 0275968898

ISBN-13: 9780275968892

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lorraine Landry

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This book is a meticulous argument for the contemporary value of Marx's democratic theory as an interpretive key for the postmodernism debates. Landry uses the works of Derrida, Foucault, and Lyotard to represent the poststructuralist camp and the writings of Habermas to represent the rationalist camp. Viable social critique, argues Landry, mediates between "pure social constructivist" and "pure realist" metaphysics. Postmodernism, although critical of Marx, aided the broader project of critical social theory, particularly Marx's critique of social-material contexts of oppression. Indeed, significant positive affiliations among Marx, Habermas, and the poststructuralists are found in their…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Project of Modernity



Critical Theory, Poststructuralism, and Postmodernism



Derrida



Foucault



Lyotard



A Fruitful Tension Approach



Marx and the Postmodernism Debates



An Agenda for Critical Theory


Bibliography


Index