In Defense of History : Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda

Ellen Meiksins Wood and John Bellamy Foster

ISBN 10: 8187879750 / ISBN 13: 9788187879756

Published by Aakar Books, New Delhi, 2006

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Contents I. Introduction What is the postmodern agenda/Ellen Meiksins Wood. II. Postmodernism and intellectuals 1. Where do postmodernists come from/Terry Eagleton. 2. Language history and class struggle/David McNally. 3. The politics of cultural studies/Francis Mulhern. 4. Culture nationalism and the role of intellectuals/Aijaz Ahmad. 5. Old positions/new necessities history class and Marxist metanarrative/Bryan D. Palmer. 6. Against social De(con)struction of science cautionary tales from the third world/Meera Nanda. III. Postmodernism and movements 1. Issues of class and culture/Aijaz Ahmad. 2. The mirror of race postmodernism and the celebration of difference/Kenan Malik. 3. Postmodernism feminism and Marx notes from the Abyss/Carol A. Stabile. 4. Marx and the environment/John Bellamy Foster. 5. Northern intellectuals and the EZLN/Daniel Nugent. 6. Five theses on actually existing Marxism/Fredric Jameson. IV. Afterword 1. In defense of history/John Bellamy Foster. 204 pp. Seller Inventory # 59410

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Title: In Defense of History : Marxism and the ...

Publisher: Aakar Books, New Delhi

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: As New

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Synopsis:

Presents essays that speak directly to the underlying assumptions of postmodernism and offer a critique of its usefulness in both understanding and critiquing the historical epoch.