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OverviewThis 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 commitment to criticizing ideological aspects of bourgeois Enlightenment rationality and modernity. Landry employs a fruitful tension strategy as seeking rapprochement among the modern and postmodern positions on hotly debated contemporary issues such as subjectivity, criticism, and the nature of reason. Marxism continues to provide critical tools for articulating productive conflict within the postmodernism debates, advancing of strategies of critique beyond identity politics toward a more self-reflective ideological discussion of the multiple axes of power and oppression in political struggles over democracy. In this unique study, complex philosophical issues are described lucidly and their relevance for today is established compellingly. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lorraine LandryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9780275968892ISBN 10: 0275968898 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 September 2000 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 IndexReviews.,. offers a good analysis of this contemporary debate. Graduate students and faculty. -Choice For those who continue to look to one degree or another to the postmodernist project, and yet are aware of its political deficiences, her work should prove valuable. For those who never abandoned Marx's project but are intersted in conversing with the former, they too will find much of value here. -Contemporary Sociology ... offers a good analysis of this contemporary debate. Graduate students and faculty. -Choice The claim that Marx's work still offers much--and can dislodge some of the more smug shibboleths of postmodern conventional wisdom--is timely, valid, and inspiring. -Philosophy in Review ?For those who continue to look to one degree or another to the postmodernist project, and yet are aware of its political deficiences, her work should prove valuable. For those who never abandoned Marx's project but are intersted in conversing with the former, they too will find much of value here.?-Contemporary Sociology ?...offers a good analysis of this contemporary debate. Graduate students and faculty.?-Choice ?The claim that Marx's work still offers much--and can dislodge some of the more smug shibboleths of postmodern conventional wisdom--is timely, valid, and inspiring.?-Philosophy in Review .,. offers a good analysis of this contemporary debate. Graduate students and faculty. -Choice Author InformationLORRAINE Y. LANDRY is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University./e Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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