Marxism Beyond Marxism

by Makdisi, Saree

• ISBN13: 9780415914420
• ISBN10: 0415914426
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Marxism Beyond Marxismis a collection of essays that critically rethinks Marxism at time when its practice and theory has been seemingly taken to task by the events in 1989 in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Containing essays from a group of internationally distinguished writers and intellectuals, this collection addresses Marxism as a cultural-political problematic. Contending that Marxism is deeply embedded in specific cultural practices, the contributors illuminate Marxism's contribution to discussions of labor in post-industrial capitalism, to controversies surrounding compulsory heterosexuality and queer theory, and to debates about the institutionalization and academicization of the "New" Left. In examining Marxism's relationship to cultural practices, the contributors make a vigorous and compelling case for Marxism's continued relevance. By combining a diversity of perspectives, these essays demonstrate that Marxism addresses urgent needs that are oftenforesaken by other political and ideological practices. They show how--now more than ever--Marxism's reaffirmation can serve as a sophisticated and cunning response to the latest global devlopments--and travesties.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Marxism, Communism, and History: A Reintroduction	p. 1
Actually Existing Marxism	p. 14
Marx After Marxism: History, Subalternity, and Difference	p. 55
Workers of the World - !	p. 71
Subject for a Feminist Standpoint	p. 89
Mao Zedong and "Chinese Marxism"	p. 119
Twenty Theses on Marx: Interpretation of the Class Situation Today	p. 149
"The Continued Relevance of Marxism" as a Question: Some Propositions	p. 181
Queer Theory, Left Politics	p. 214
What Is to Be Done?: Marxism and Academia	p. 243
A Resistance Role for Marxism in the Belly of the Beast	p. 255
Notes on the "General Intellect"	p. 265
Contributors	p. 273
Index	p. 275
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