Post-Marxist Theory : An Introduction

by Goldstein, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780791463017
• ISBN10: 079146301X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-05
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Poststructuralist Marxism, or post-Marxism is a theoretical view-point that elaborates and revises the work of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Unlike traditional Marxism, which emphasizes the priority of class struggle and the common humanity of oppressed groups, post-Marxism reveals the sexual, racial, class, and ethnic divisions of modern Western society. This book surveys the different versions of post-Marxist theory: the economic theory of Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff, the historical methodology of Michel Foucault, the political theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, the feminism of Judith Butler, the materialist philosophy of Pierre Macherey, and the cultural studies of Tony Bennett and John Frow, Providing a coherent framework for these otherwise quite divergent theorists. Philip Goldstein outlines the history of Marxist philosophical or theoretical views and explains how they all count as post-Marxist.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: From Marx to Post-Marxism	1	(22)
Chapter 1. Economics and Theory: Althusserian Post-Marxism	23	(14)
Chapter 2. From Archaeology to Genealogy: Michel Foucault and Post-Marxist Histories	37	(16)
Chapter 3. Post-Marxism and Democracy: The Political Theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe	53	(14)
Chapter 4. Sex, Gender, and Philosophy: The Feminist Post-Marxism of Judith Butler	67	(14)
Chapter 5. From Althusserian Science to Foucauldian Materialism: The Later Work of Pierre Macherey	81	(16)
Chapter 6. Post-Marxism and Cultural Studies: The Reception Theory of Tony Bennett and John Frow	97	(12)
Conclusion	109	(6)
Notes	115	(10)
Works Cited	125	(16)
Index	141